moxa
Pronunciation: /ˈmɒksə/
The English word “moxa” has 2 meanings listed here.
noun
- A woolly material obtained from the dried leaves of an Asian species of mugwort, such as Artemisia argyi, as used in moxibustion.
- Any other substance used in moxibustion.
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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