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Where does “moxa” come from?

Moxa comes from Japanese 艾, a plant used in traditional medicine whose etymological origins and original meaning remain uncertain.

moxa (English): Dried leaves of an Asian species of mugwort,...

Definitions

  1. Dried leaves of an Asian species of mugwort,...

Ancestry of “moxa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese艾mugwort
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