Moxa Definition

mŏksə
noun
A cone or cylinder prepared from the dried leaves of certain plants, especially mugwort, placed on the skin and ignited in order to produce counterirritation.
American Heritage Medicine
Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) used as a cauterizing agent or counterirritant in moxibustion.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Moxa

Noun

Singular:
moxa
Plural:
moxas

Origin of Moxa

  • From Chinese 艾 (mogusa, “mugwort"). It is also used in Japanese with u not strongly pronounced, leading to its disappearance and the devoicing of the plosive. First used by Hermann Buschoff, a Dutch minister in Batavia, who wrote the first book about this remedy in 1674.

    From Wiktionary

  • Japanese mogusa moeru to burn kusa herb

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Moxa Sentence Examples

  • This Pravila (code) was probably the work of the historian Moxa or Moxalie.

  • In 1620 Moxa translated from the Slavonic a short history History.

  • Moxa therapy usually takes around 10 - 30 minutes, depending on the number of moxa therapy usually takes around 10 - 30 minutes, depending on the number of moxa cones used in the session.

  • Other towns, with their populations in 1890, are Oeiras (19,858), founded in 1718 under the name of Moxa; Amarante (15,525); Valenta (17,693); and Campo Maior (12,425), the figures given of population being those of the large districts (municipios) in which the towns are situated.

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