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Moxibustion is a traditional Chinese medicine technique that involves the burning of mugwort, a small, spongy herb, to facilitate healing.
Moxibustion has been used throughout Asia for thousands of years.
The purpose of moxibustion, as with most forms of traditional Chinese medicine, is to strengthen the blood, stimulate the flow of Qi, and maintain general health.

A small cone-shaped amount of moxa is placed on top of an acupuncture point and burned.
The patient will experience a pleasant heating sensation that penetrates deep into the skin, but should not experience any pain, blistering or scarring unless the moxa is left in place for too long.

In Chinese medicine, the body is filled with meridians, which are lines of energy, and the spot the moxibustion is performed will be on a meridian line that corresponds to the ailment being treated.
Moxibustion is currently performed all over the world, usually by practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine or acupuncture.

What is Moxibustion used for?

In traditional Chinese medicine, moxibustion is used on people who have a cold or stagnant condition.
The burning of moxa is believed to expel cold and warm the meridians, which leads to smoother flow of blood and Qi.
In Western medicine, moxibustion has successfully been used to turn breech babies into a normal head-down position prior to childbirth.

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