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Webster 1913 Edition

Moxa

Mox′a

,
Noun.
[A corruption of Japan.
mogusa
(pronounced
mongsa
), an escharotic made from the plant
yomigi
: cf. F.
moxa
.]
1.
(Med.)
A soft woolly mass prepared from the young leaves of
Artemisia Chinensis
, and used as a cautery by burning it on the skin; hence, any substance used in a like manner, as cotton impregnated with niter, amadou.
2.
(Bot.)
A plant from which this substance is obtained, esp.
Artemisia Chinensis
, and
Artemisia moxa
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Moxa

MOX'A

,
Noun.
The down of the mugwort of China; a soft lanuginous substance prepared in Japan from the young leaves of a species of Artemisia. In the eastern countries, it is used for the gout,&c. by burning it on the skin. This produces a dark colored spot,the exulceration of which is promoted by applying a little garlic.

Definition 2024

moxa

moxa

English

Noun

moxa ‎(countable and uncountable, plural moxas)

  1. Dried leaves of an Asian species of mugwort, Artemisia argyi as used in moxibustion.
  2. Any other plant used in moxibustion.

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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.

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