Definitions For Moxa

Noun

MOXA. (countable and uncountable, plural MOXAs) Dried leaves of an Asian species of mugwort, Artemisia argyi as used in moxibustion. Any other plant used in moxibustion.

Derived terms

moxibustion

Translations

Chinese: : Mandarin: 艾絨, sc=Hani, 艾绒, tr=àiróng, sc=Hani, 艾, tr=ài, sc=Hani Finnish: pujo, pujon juuri French: moxa, m Japanese: 艾, tr=もぐさ, mogusa, sc=Jpan, 灸, tr=きゅう, kyū, やいと, yaito, sc=Jpan Korean: 쑥 Portuguese: {{t-needed, pt}} Russian: кита́йская полы́нь, f

Etymology

From {{etyl, ja, en}} 艾, , mugwort, tr=mogusa. The u is not strongly pronounced in Japanese, 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.

See also

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