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Moxa vs Moxibustion - What's the difference?

moxa | moxibustion |

As nouns the difference between moxa and moxibustion

is that moxa is mugwort root, as used in moxibustion while moxibustion is (folk medicine) the burning of moxa against the skin to treat pain or illness.

moxa

English

Noun

  • Mugwort root, as used in moxibustion.
  • Any other plant used in moxibustion.

    • Derived terms

    * moxibustion

    See also

    * (projectlink)

    moxibustion

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia moxibustion)
  • (folk medicine) The burning of moxa against the skin to treat pain or illness.
  • * 1998 , Lin Zhan, "Xi Young Hong: Health Practice in Chinese Older Women", in Lin Zhan (editor), Asian Voices: Asian and Asian-American Health Educators Speak Out , Jones and Bartlett Publishers, ISBN 978-0-7637-0922-8, page 36:
    • Traditional Chinese medicine includes herbal remedy, diet therapy, use of animal secretion and organs, acupuncture, massage, moxibustion (the application of a burning moxa plant to skin), and other folk methods.

    See also

    * (pedia)