艾もぐさ

noun

moxa; dried mugwort for moxibustion

Specifically the dried, processed mugwort leaf used as a combustible material in moxibustion (灸). Often sold in cones or sticks.

See also: 灸

• お灸きゅうをするときは、もぐさを皮ひ膚ふの上うえで燃もやします。

  When doing moxibustion, you burn moxa on the skin.

noun

Japanese mugwort; Artemisia princeps

The plant itself, a perennial herb native to Japan. Its leaves are used to make moxa, and young leaves are sometimes eaten as a wild vegetable.

See also: よもぎ

• ヨモギは、もぐさの原げん料りょうになる植しょく物ぶつです。

  Yomogi is the plant that becomes the raw material for moxa.