灸きゅう点てん

noun

moxibustion treatment point; acupuncture point for moxa

Technical term in traditional medicine; refers to a specific point on the body where moxa is applied for therapeutic purposes.

• 灸きゅう点てんは経けい絡らくに沿そって決きめられる。

  Moxibustion points are determined along the meridians.

noun

spot marked for moxa; ink mark for moxibustion

Refers to the physical mark, often made with ink, on the skin where moxa is to be burned.

• 治ち療りょうの前まえに、医い師しが背せ中なかに灸きゅう点てんを付つけた。

  Before the treatment, the doctor marked moxibustion spots on the back.

noun

burning moxa on the skin; moxibustion

Sometimes used to refer to the act or process of burning moxa on the skin, though 灸 (きゅう) alone is more common for the general practice.

• 灸きゅう点てんは熱あついが、終おわると体からだが温ぬくたかくなる。

  Moxibustion is hot, but afterwards the body feels warm.