- "Moxibustion (Chinese: 灸; pinyin: jiǔ) is a traditional Chinese medicine therapy which consists of burning dried mugwort (wikt:moxa) on particular points on the body."
The burning of processed mugwort onto or near specific acupuncture points to promote the flow of qi and stimulate healing.
- "It plays an important role in the traditional medical systems of China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and Mongolia."
- "Suppliers usually age the mugwort and grind it up to a fluff."
- "Practitioners burn the fluff or process it further into a cigar-shaped stick. They can use it indirectly, with acupuncture needles, or burn it on the patient's skin."
- "Moxibustion is promoted as a treatment for a wide variety of conditions."
- "Its use is not backed by good evidence."
- "It carries a risk of adverse effects."
- "Suppliers usually age the mugwort and grind it up to a fluff; practitioners burn the fluff or process it further into a cigar-shaped stick."
- "It plays an important role in the traditional medical systems of China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and Mongolia."
- "Burning dried mugwort (wikt:moxa) on particular points on the body."
- "Practitioners burn the fluff or process it further into a cigar-shaped stick. They can use it indirectly, with acupuncture needles, or burn it on the patient's skin."
- "Process it further into a cigar-shaped stick."
- "The traditional medical systems of China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and Mongolia."
- "Burning dried mugwort (wikt:moxa) on particular points on the body."
- "Moxibustion is promoted as a treatment for a wide variety of conditions, but its use is not backed by good evidence."
- "Suppliers usually age the mugwort and grind it up to a fluff."
- "They can use it indirectly, with acupuncture needles..."
- "It plays an important role in the traditional medical systems of China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and Mongolia."
- "It plays an important role in the traditional medical systems of China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and Mongolia."
- "Its use is not backed by good evidence."