artemisia moxa
1Artemisia moxa — Moxa Mox a, n. [A corruption of Japan. mogusa (pronounced mongsa), an escharotic made from the plant yomigi: cf. F. moxa.] 1. (Med.) A soft woolly mass prepared from the young leaves of {Artemisia Chinensis}, and used as a cautery by burning it… …
2Moxa — Mox a, n. [A corruption of Japan. mogusa (pronounced mongsa), an escharotic made from the plant yomigi: cf. F. moxa.] 1. (Med.) A soft woolly mass prepared from the young leaves of {Artemisia Chinensis}, and used as a cautery by burning it on the …
3Artemisia Chinensis — Moxa Mox a, n. [A corruption of Japan. mogusa (pronounced mongsa), an escharotic made from the plant yomigi: cf. F. moxa.] 1. (Med.) A soft woolly mass prepared from the young leaves of {Artemisia Chinensis}, and used as a cautery by burning it… …
4Artemisia Chinensis — Moxa Mox a, n. [A corruption of Japan. mogusa (pronounced mongsa), an escharotic made from the plant yomigi: cf. F. moxa.] 1. (Med.) A soft woolly mass prepared from the young leaves of {Artemisia Chinensis}, and used as a cautery by burning it… …
5moxa treatment — ▪ medicine also called Moxibustion, traditional medical practice that originated in China and thence spread to Japan and other Asian countries. It is performed by burning small cones of dried leaves on certain designated points of the… …
6moxa — /mok seuh/, n. 1. a flammable substance or material obtained from the leaves of certain Chinese and Japanese wormwood plants, esp. Artemisia moxa. 2. this substance or a similar one of cotton, wool, or the like, placed on the skin usually in the… …
7moxa — mox•a [[t]ˈmɒk sə[/t]] n. a flammable substance obtained from the leaves of certain Chinese and Japanese wormwood plants, esp. Artemisia moxa, and used as a counterirritant • Etymology: 1670–80; by uncert. mediation < Japn mogusa=mo(y) e burn… …
8moxa — /ˈmɒksə/ (say moksuh) noun 1. a wormwood, Artemisia moxa, of eastern Asia. 2. a downy preparation made from the leaves of this plant or from other similar species, used in moxibustion. 3. (in Buddhism) the practice of burning small scars onto the …
9moxa — n. a downy substance from the dried leaves of Artemisia moxa etc., burnt on the skin in oriental medicine as a counterirritant. Etymology: Jap. mogusa f. moe kusa burning herb …
10Moxa (Therapie) — Moxa Zigarre und Moxa Hütchen Moxibustion, auch Moxa Therapie oder kurz Moxen, bezeichnet den Vorgang der Erwärmung von speziellen Punkten, wie sie in der Traditionellen Chinesischen Medizin (TCM) beschrieben werden. Moxibustion wird dort bei… …
