I think you would not like it, if you were in her place, for a moxamakes a burn far worse than a mustard plaster does.
Nosoki told me that he relies mainly on the application of the moxa and on acupuncture in the treatment of acute diseases, and in chronic maladies on friction, medicinal baths, certain animal and vegetable medicines, and certain kinds of food.
But even if themoxa should fail, the attention of the boys could always be drawn to the crematorium.
From the application of the moxa as a cure for physical ills to its application for the cure of bad boys is a natural step.
The moxa is a great therapeutic agent in the Far East.
One next applies a small coin with a hole in the centre upon the site of election; the cone of moxa is placed on the hole in the coin and lighted at its top.
In Japan, the moxa was still more in use than in China.
The application of the moxa is not as painful as might be thought, and even children support it without much crying.
Mr. Shin said that one night as he lay asleep he thought he saw the Moxa come up to him, with the long walking-stick in his hand which he uses on his country trips.
Shin woke up, but fell asleep again, and again the Moxa came back and even more urgently bade him get up, and go and carry the gospel to Kimpo.
Baron Larrey, one of the most eminent surgeons of the time, thought the moxa one of the best aids that he had in the treatment of many affections where the knife was not indicated.
Only these portions named might not have a moxa applied to them.
Others extended the value of the moxa beyond these affections.
He considered that the moxa must be admitted, without contradiction, to be the remedy par excellence against rachitis.
He insisted that the moxa could be placed on almost any part of the body, though the contra indications he suggests show how far the men of his time went with its use.
The moxa is not only used therapeutically, but also as a punishment for very naughty children.
The sores following the use of the moxa are in some instances tedious in healing; and this may be ascribed to the vitality of the surrounding parts having been diminished by the application.
Moxa is sometimes employed to make an issue in these and other cases, but it is not superior in any respect to the potential cautery, whilst its employment is generally very alarming to the patient.
Our unfortunate medical brother, Michael Servetus, the spiritual patient to whom the theological moxa was applied over the entire surface for the cure of his heresy, came very near anticipating Harvey.
It borrowed acupuncture and the moxa from the Japanese heathen, and was taught the use of lobelia by the American savage.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "moxa" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
