moxa
/'mɒksә/
📖 中文释义
- n. 艾, 艾蒿
- [医] 灸料, 艾, 灼烙剂
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
- n. A soft woolly mass prepared from the young leaves of
- Artemisia Chinensis, and used as a cautery by burning it on the skin;
- hence, any substance used in a like manner, as cotton impregnated with
- niter, amadou.
- n. A plant from which this substance is obtained, esp. Artemisia
- Chinensis, and A. moxa.