noun
- a soft woolly substance obtained from the leaves of an Asian plant, burned on or near the skin in traditional Chinese medicine
Usage: traditional medicine
Examples
- The acupuncturist used moxa to warm the pressure points.
- Moxa is made from dried mugwort leaves.
- Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners often combine moxa with acupuncture.
- The patient felt the gentle heat from the burning moxa.
- Moxa therapy has been used for thousands of years in Asia.
- She learned how to prepare moxa from her mentor.