moxa

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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. Dried leaves of an Asian species of mugwort, as used in moxibustion.
2. Any other plant used in moxibustion.

Derived terms

• moxibustion

Translations

mugwort leaves

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 艾絨／艾绒 (zh) (àiróng), 艾绒 (zh) (àiróng), 艾 (zh) (ài)

• Finnish: pujon juuri
• French: moxa (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 艾 (ja) (もぐさ, mogusa), 灸 (ja) (きゅう, kyū, やいと, yaito)
• Korean: 쑥 (ko) (ssug)
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: кита́йская полы́нь f (kitájskaja polýnʹ)

See also

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