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MOXIBUSTION

\mˈɒksɪbˌʌst͡ʃən], \mˈɒksɪbˌʌst‍ʃən], \m_ˈɒ_k_s_ɪ_b_ˌʌ_s_tʃ_ə_n]\

Definitions of MOXIBUSTION

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary

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The burning of a small, thimble sized, smoldering plug or cone of moxa, usually Artemisia vulgaris (Mugwort), on the skin at an ACUPUNCTURE point.

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

The production of counterirritation by means of a moxa.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Cauterization by moxa.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

Mode of cauterization by means of moxa.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

Burning with a moxa.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

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