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s | moxibustion |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun moxibustion is

(folk medicine) the burning of moxa against the skin to treat pain or illness.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    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)