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Moxabustion

Moxibustion is a therapeutic method of by which an ignited moxa is placed close to or on the human body to warm the local area. Moxa may be applied in many ways and is used to both treat and prevent disease.

Moxa can warm the body, relieve abdominal pain, nausea, diarrhea of cold nature, frozen shoulder, tennis elbow, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, prolapsed organs, enuresis, impotence, scrofula, uterine bleeding, the list goes on!

There are four classified groups of moxa: moxa cone moxibustion, moxa stick moxivustion, warming needle moxibustion, and moxibustion with moxa box.