Moxibustion is a traditional Chinese medicine technique that involves the burning of mugwort, a small, spongy herb, to facilitate healing. The purpose of moxibustion is to strengthen the blood, stimulate the flow of qi, and maintain general health, just like other forms of traditional Chinese medicines. Also, Acupuncture is sometimes used along with moxibustion. Moxibustion involves the burning of moxa, which is created by gathering dried leaves from mugwort or wormwood plants and forming them into a small cone or cigar-like shape, The mugwort or wormwood plants are classified as healing herbs.
“There have been no human studies on the effects of moxibustion and cancer; however, a study in Taiwan found that mice with tumors that had been treated with moxibustion lived longer than mice with tumors that had not”. There haven’t been enough studies that prove the same for humans. “A Chinese study of 230 women in the 1990s suggested that moxibustion might have helped some fetuses in breech (bottom-first) position return to a normal, head-first position before birth. Other studies have found the same outcome.
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