moxa

English

Etymology

From Japanese 艾 (mogusa, “mugwort”); 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.

Noun

moxa (countable and uncountable; plural moxas)

1. Mugwort root, as used in moxibustion.
2. Any other plant used in moxibustion.

Derived terms

• moxibustion

Translations

mugwort root

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 艾絨 (cmn), 艾绒 (cmn) (àiróng), 艾 (cmn) (ài)

• Finnish: pujon (fi) juuri (fi)
• French: moxa (fr) m

• Korean: 쑥 (ko) (ssug)
• Japanese: 艾 (ja) (もぐさ, mogusa), 灸 (ja) (きゅう, kyū, やいと, yaito)
• Russian: китайская полынь (ru) (kitájskaja polýn') f

See also

• moxibustion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:moxibustion