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Moxibustion - Terminology: Encyclopedia - Moxibustion

Moxibustion (Chinese: 灸; pinyin: jiŭ) is an oriental medicine therapy utilizing moxa, or mugwort herb. It plays an important role in the traditional medical systems of China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Tibet, and Mongolia. Suppliers usually age the mugwort and grind it up to a fluff; practitioners burn the fluff or process it further into a stick that resembles a (non-smokable) cigar. They can use it indirectly, with acupuncture needles, or sometimes burn it on a patient's skin. Moxibustion - Terminology. Th ...

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Moxibustion - Terminology: Encyclopedia II - Moxibustion - Terminology
The word "moxa" comes from Japanese mogusa (艾) (the u is not very strongly enunciated). Yomogi (蓬) also serves as a synonym for moxa in Japan. Chinese uses the same character as mogusa, but pronounced differently: ài, also called àiróng (艾絨)(meaning "velvet of ài"). The Chinese character for moxa forms one half of the two making up the Chinese word that often gets tran ...

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Moxibustion - Terminology: Encyclopedia II - Moxibustion - Theory and practice

Practitioners use moxa to warm regions and acupuncture points with the intention of stimulating circulation through the points and inducing a smoother flow of blood and qi. Scientific research has shown that mugwort acts as an emmenagogue, meaning that it stimulates blood-flow in the pelvic area and uterus. It is claimed that moxibustion militates against cold and dampness in the body and can supposedly serve to turn breech babies. Medical historians believe that moxibustion pre-dated acupuncture, and needling came to supplement moxa ...

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Moxibustion, Moxibustion - Terminology, Moxibustion - Theory and practice, Moxibustion - Parallel uses of mugwort

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Moxibustion - Terminology: Traditional Medicine Dictionary on Moxabustion

Moxibustion , Moxabustion ,  :

The burning of a small, thimble sized, smoldering plug or cone of moxa, usually Artemisia vulgaris (Mugwort), on the skin at an ACUPUNCTURE point.

 

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Moxibustion - Terminology: Alternative Health Dictionary on Moxibustion

moxibustion (Jiu, Jiu therapy, moxibustion therapy):

 

  1. Moxabustion.
  2. Application of heat to acupoints either in the manner of moxabustion or with an electrical heat source.

 

(See also: Moxibustion, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

 

Moxibustion - Terminology: Alternative Health Dictionary on Crude herb moxibustion

crude herb moxibustion (automatic moxibustion, cold moxibustion): Variation of moxibustion involving placement on the skin of particular herbs that cause blisters and scars.

 

(See also: Crude herb moxibustion, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

 

Moxibustion - Terminology: Alternative Health Dictionary on Auricular moxibustion

auricular moxibustion: Component of Chinese auricular therapy whose forms include:

(a)    burnt match moxibustion, in which the practitioner taps one or two auricular acupoints rapidly with the head of a burnt match;

(b)   indirect moxibustion, a form of indirect moxabustion;

(c)    thread incense moxibustion, a variation of direct moxabustion; and

(d)    warm needle moxibustion, wherein the practitioner heats an inserted needle with a match or lighter.

 

(See also: Auricular moxibustion, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)

 

Moxibustion - Terminology: Alternative Health Dictionary on Direct moxabustion

direct moxabustion (direct moxibustion, festering moxibustion, open moxibustion, scarring moxibustion): Form of moxabustion that requires placing small cones of moxa (a dried herb) on specific acupoints and burning the cones almost to the skin.

 

(See also: Direct moxabustion, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

 

Moxibustion - Terminology: Alternative Health Dictionary on Vibrational medicine

vibrational medicine (energetic medicine, energetics medicine, energy medicine, subtle-energy medicine, vibrational healing, vibrational therapies): Healing philosophy whose main tenet is that humans are dynamic energy systems (body/mind/spirit complexes) and reflect evolutionary patterns of soul growth.

 

Its principles include the following:

(a)   Health and illness originate in subtle energy systems.

(b)  These systems coordinate the life-force and the physical body.

(c)   Emotions, spirituality, and nutritional and environmental factors affect the subtle energy systems.

 

Vibrational medicine embraces acupuncture, aromatherapy, Bach flower therapy, chakra rebalancing, channeling, color breathing, color therapy, crystal healing, absent healing, Electroacupuncture According to Voll (EAV), etheric touch, flower essence therapy, homeopathy, Kirlian photography, laserpuncture, the laying on of hands, meridian therapy, mesmerism, moxibustion, orthomolecular medicine, Past-life Regression, Polarity Therapy, psychic healing, psychic surgery, radionics, the Simonton method, sonopuncture, Toning, Transcendental Meditation, and Therapeutic Touch.

 

The expressions energy healing, energy work, and energetic healing work appear synonymous with vibrational medicine.

 

(See also: Vibrational medicine, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

 

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