Moxibustion



Moxibustion ('moxa') is an Asian heat therapy.

Mugwort (usually Artemesia vulgaris or Artemesia innuae), e.g. rolled in a cigar shape ('moxa cigar') or in the form of prefabricated and pre-perforated cones placed on acupuncture needles, is lit over acupuncture points or body areas and burnt off at a certain distance from the skin.

Thereby, an intensive warming effect is generated which, according to the models of Chinese medicine, might be able to release Qi or Xue (blood) stagnation and to positively influence associated complaints.

Moxibustion is applied, for example, in the treatment of various orthopaedic, vegetative and gynaecological indications, as well as for exhaustion.

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