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moxa

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mox·a  (mks)
n.
A cone or cylinder of cotton wool or other combustible material, placed on the skin and ignited in order to produce counterirritation.
[Japanese mogusa : moeru, to burn + kusa, herb.]
moxa [ˈmɒksə]
n
1. (Medicine) a downy material obtained from various plants and used in Oriental medicine by being burned on the skin as a cauterizing agent or counterirritant for the skin
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various plants yielding this material, such as the wormwood Artemisia chinensis
[anglicized version of Japanese mogusa, contraction of moe gusa burning herb]
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