moxibustion

英语

词源

moxa (“艾蒿”) +‎ combustion (“燃烧”)组成的混成词，字面意思为“燃烧的艾蒿”，使用拉丁词汇常用的-i-连接。

发音

• 国际音标^(帮助)：/ˌmɒksɪˈbʌst͡ʃən/

名词

moxibustion (可数 和 不可数，复数 moxibustions)

1. (传统医学) 艾灸
   • 1998, Lin Zhan, 编者Lin Zhan, Asian Voices: Asian and Asian-American Health Educators Speak Out‎^[1], Jones and Bartlett Publishers, →ISBN, Xi Young Hong: Health Practice in Chinese Older Women，页号 36:

     Traditional Chinese medicine includes herbal remedy, diet therapy, use of animal secretion and organs, acupuncture, massage, moxibustion (the application of a burning moxa plant to skin), and other folk methods.

     （请为本引文添加中文翻译）

衍生词

• moxibustionist

参见

• moxibustion在英语维基百科上的资料。维基百科 ^en