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countable and uncountable, plural moxibustions
(folk medicine) The burning of moxa against the skin to treat pain or illness. quotations examples
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, Xi Young Hong: Health Practice in Chinese Older Women, page 36