| moxa |
A dried herb substance burned on or above the skin to stimulate an acupuncture point or serve as a counterirritant. A famous technique of Traditional Chinese Medicine, using dried, pressed leaves of Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris).
Ãâó: www.planetbotanic.ca/glossary.htm
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| moxa |
Dried mugwort leaves used in traditional Chinese medicine, placed on the end of needles then lighted and held near an acupuncture point to warm and tonify life energy (qi).
Ãâó: www.mothernature.com/Library/Bookshelf/Books/42/15...
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| moxalactam |
a semisynthetic antibiotic chemically related to the third-generation cephalosporins, having a broad spectrum of antibacterial activity and reported to be effective against some β-lactamase producing organisms.
Ãâó: www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_health_library.j...
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| moxa |
1) A deadly plague illness whose symptoms include high fever and scar-producing pustules (like smallpox) or 2) An incense cone used in the treatment of many ills. It is placed on the skin at the appropriate ki point (in order to balance yin and yang) and allowed to burn all the way down, leaving a round burn scar on the patient's skin
Ãâó: www.corrieweb.nl/japan/glossary.htm
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