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moxibustions

moxibustions is the plural of moxibustion.

Meaning of moxibustion

Noun

moxibustion (countable and uncountable, plural moxibustions)

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

Questions about moxibustions

What is moxibustions the plural of?
Moxibustions is the plural of moxibustion.

Words near moxibustions in the dictionary

  1. moxestrol
  2. Moxham
  3. moxibustion
  4. moxibustionist
  5. moxibustionists
  6. moxibustions
  7. moxicoumone
  8. moxidectin
  9. moxidectine
  10. moxie
  11. moxie plum

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