• In traditional Chinese medicine, a type of heat therapy in which an herb is burned on or above the skin to warm and stimulate an acupuncture point or affected area.
  NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
• The burning of a small, thimble sized, smoldering plug of dried leaves on the SKIN at an ACUPUNCTURE point. Usually the plugs contain leaves of MUGWORT or moxa.
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  U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
• Moxibustion (a manipulative and body-based practice) is a therapy within traditional Chinese medicine (1). Dried moxa herb (a mugwort) is burned usually just above but sometimes directly on the skin over acupuncture points. The herb may be in the form of incense sticks or wool.
  Merck Manuals
  Merck & Co., Inc., 2025
• Moxibustion, traditional medical practice that originated in China and thence spread to Japan and other Asian countries. It is performed by burning small cones of dried leaves on certain designated points of the body, generally the same points as those used in acupuncture. The term moxibustion...
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