moxa

/'mɒksә/

📖 中文释义

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