灸きゅう

noun

moxibustion

Traditional East Asian medical practice of burning dried mugwort (moxa) on or near the skin. Often used in phrases like 灸を据える (to apply moxa; also figuratively 'to give a scolding').

• 肩かたこりに灸きゅうを据すえてもらった。

  I had moxibustion applied for my stiff shoulders.

• 灸きゅうは東とう洋よう医い学がくの治ち療りょう法ほうの一ひとつだ。

  Moxibustion is one of the treatments in traditional Eastern medicine.