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单词 moxibustion
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moxibustionn.

Brit. /ˌmɒksᵻˈbʌstʃ(ə)n/, U.S. /ˌmɑksəˈbəstʃ(ə)n/
Forms: 1800s– moxibustion, 1900s– moxabustion.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: moxa n., -i- connective, combustion n.
Etymology: < mox- (in moxa n.) + -i- connective + -bustion (in combustion n.). Compare scientific Latin moxibustio (1836 or earlier), French moxibustion (1819 or earlier), German Moxibustion (1906 in the passage translated in quot. 1910).In form moxabustion after moxa n.
Now Alternative Medicine.
The therapeutic practice of burning moxa or another substance on or next to the skin.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > types of treatment generally > [noun] > other miscellaneous treatments
majoration1626
relaxant1661
diaeresis1706
blistering1711
Perkinism1798
tranquillizing1801
tractoration1803
tractorism1827
moxibustion1833
traction1841
remediation1850
moxocausis1857
bed-rest1872
aerotherapeutics1876
aerotherapy1876
metallotherapy1877
block1882
counter-irritation1882
bacteriotherapy1886
mechanotherapy1890
mobilization1890
seismotherapy1901
bacterization1902
replacement therapy1902
biotherapy1912
occupational therapy1915
protein therapy1917
psychophysicotherapeutics1922
recovery programme1922
plombage1933
bacteriostasis1936
oestrogenization1960
hyperalimentation1962
vegetablization1963
pain management1966
palliative care1967
gene therapy1970
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > cauterizing > [noun]
searing1395
actual cauterya1400
adustion?a1425
brandingc1440
cauterification?1541
cauterizing?1541
cautery1575
cauterization1579
cautering1580
ustion1588
burninga1610
cauterism1640
inustion1684
moxibustion1833
1822 R. Dunglison tr. D. J. Larrey On Use of Moxa 3 Very circumstantial details..may be found in the Dictionary..by the celebrated Percy, under the word Moxibustion.]
1833 R. Dunglison New Dict. Med. Sci. II. 52/2 Moxibustion, mode of cauterization by means of moxa.
1910 E. Playfair tr. M. Neuburger Hist. Med. I. 71 Moxibustion..also serves as a prophylactic.
1959 R. K. Beardsley et al. Village Japan 293 Moxibustion and acupuncture..try to cure..by applying treatment to one or more of some five hundred prescribed points on the body.
1964 I. Morris World of Shining Prince 134 Moxabustion was also based on a complex scheme of yin–yang correspondence but in this case the main purpose was to correct an excess of yin.
1989 S. Fulder Handbk. Complementary Med. (rev. ed.) vi. 126 Moxibustion tones and supplements the energy and is useful in the treatment of chronic ailments and pains from cold.
2000 Healthy Living Feb. 58/3 For side effects as diarrhea and loss of appetite, your practitioner might try a technique known as moxibustion, which involves warming an area on the body for 5 to 20 minutes with burning herbs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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