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moxa|ˈmɒksə|
[a. Jap. mokusa (phonetically ˈmoksa), contracted from moe kusa burning herb.]
1. The downy covering of the dried leaves of Artemisia moxa; esp. as prepared in the form of a cone or cylinder for burning on the skin as a counter-irritant for gout, etc. Also, the plant itself.
1677Phil. Trans. XII. 904 He did me the favour to shew me some of that Moxa, which by burning it upon any gouty part removeth the Gout. 1693tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict. (ed. 2), Moxa, a certain Down growing upon the lower part of the Leaves of Mugwort; it comes from Japan and China. 1707Floyer Physic. Pulse-Watch 214 The Artery will shrink by any sort of Burning such as is made with Moxa, or hot Irons. 1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 51 The burning of a little cone of moxa behind the ear.
2. Any substance used like moxa for burning on the skin.
1833Cycl. Pract. Med. I. 492/1 The material generally employed in Europe for moxas is cotton, rendered downy by carding, and made into a roll an inch long, and from half an inch to two inches in diameter. 1846F. Brittan tr. Malgaignes' Man. Oper. Surg. 63 A small pad was made with spider's web, and placed on the corn; it was then lighted, and left to burn as a moxa. 1877tr. von Ziemssen's Cycl. Med. VII. 227 Mustard plasters, blisters, the actual cautery, the moxa &c. to the epigastrium, have sometimes given relief.
Hence moxiˈbustion [irreg. after combustion; cf. F. moxibustion (Littré 1885)], cauterization by means of a moxa (Dunglison 1833–55); ‖ moxoˈcausis [mod.L., f. Gr. καῦσις burning] = prec. (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1891).
1910E. Playfair tr. Neuburger's Hist. Med. I. 71 Moxibustion..also serves as a prophylactic. Ibid. 78 Moxibustion and acupuncture were also in Japan the favourite methods of treatment. 1958Manch. Guardian 6 Dec. 4/3 This has a history of three thousand years, and works in various ways: by acupuncture..; by moxibustion..; and by medicaments prepared from herbs and parts of animals. 1965New Scientist 15 July 129/1 Chinese surgery has clearly advanced at a pretty phenomenal rate. Presumably this is why traditional methods like acupuncture, moxibustion (the burning of a herbal mixture on part of the body to transfer the site of irritation from one place to another)..are still respected. 1974Sci. Amer. Apr. 25/1 The years since 1949 have seen the general adoption of certain traditional techniques: the use of herbal preparations, of gymnastics and respiratory exercises, and of two related treatments, moxibustion and acupuncture. |