moxa
/ˈmɒksə//ˈmɑksə/
词源链
- 英语English
moxa
词源说明
From Japanese 艾 (mogusa, “mugwort”). The u is not strongly pronounced in Japanese, leading to its disappearance and the devoicing of the plosive. First used by Hermann Buschoff, a Dutch minister in Batavia, who wrote the first book about this remedy in 1674.
释义
名词noun
- 1A woolly material obtained from the dried leaves of an Asian species of mugwort, such as Artemisia argyi, as used in moxibustion.
- 2Any other substance used in moxibustion.