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Definitions for Moxa

[1] a flammable substance or material obtained from the leaves of certain Chinese and Japanese wormwood plants, especially Artemisia moxa.
[2] this substance or a similar one of cotton, wool, or the like, placed on the skin usually in the form of a cone or cylinder and ignited for use as a counterirritant.
[3] a downy material obtained from various plants and used in Oriental medicine by being burned on the skin as a cauterizing agent or counterirritant for the skin
[4] any of various plants yielding this material, such as the wormwood Artemisia chinensis

Words nearby Moxa

mowlam, mown, mowrah, mowrah fat, mox, moxa, moxibustion, moxie, moya, moyen âge, moyle

Origin of Moxa

1670–80; by uncertain mediation < Japanese mogusa, equivalent to mo(y)e burn + -gusa, combining form of kusa herb

Word origin for Moxa

C17: anglicized version of Japanese mogusa, contraction of moe gusa burning herb