moxibustion

English

Etymology

Blend of moxa (“mugwort”) +‎ combustion, literally “burning of mugwort”, with the connecting -i- usual in Latinate vocabulary.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɒk.sɪˈbʌs.t͡ʃən/

Noun

moxibustion (countable and uncountable, plural moxibustions)

1. (folk medicine) The burning of moxa against the skin to treat pain or illness.
   • 1998, Lin Zhan, edited by Lin Zhan, Asian Voices: Asian and Asian-American Health Educators Speak Out‎^[1], Jones and Bartlett Publishers, →ISBN, Xi Young Hong: Health Practice in Chinese Older Women, page 36:

     Traditional Chinese medicine includes herbal remedy, diet therapy, use of animal secretion and organs, acupuncture, massage, moxibustion (the application of a burning moxa plant to skin), and other folk methods.

Derived terms

• moxibustionist

Translations

burning of moxa against skin

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 艾灸 (zh), 灸 (zh) (jiǔ),

• Finnish: moksibustio (fi), (colloquial) moksaus (fi)
• French: moxibustion (fr) f
• German: Moxibustion (de) f
• Greek: καυτηριασμός με μόξα m (kaftiriasmós me móxa)
• Italian: moxibustione f
• Japanese: 灸 (ja) (きゅう, kyū, やいと, yaito), お灸 (okyuu)
• Korean: 뜸 (ko) (tteum)
• Polish: termopunktura (pl) f
• Portuguese: moxibustão f
• Russian: прижига́ние (ru) n (prižigánije)
• Spanish: moxibustión f
• Swedish: moxibustion

Further reading

• “moxibustion”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “moxibustion”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.