A treatment for various kinds of
pain. It involves burning or heating the herb
moxa. When I was undergoing moxibustion treatment, the form my doctor used was: a small (~1 cm) cone of moxa on top of a small disk about .5 cm thick, with adhesive on the bottom of the disk and
heat-conducting foil layered inside. The moxa was lit to smolder and the heat was conducted through the disk, which was affixed to the
skin. It's placed according to
qi meridians, just as in
acupressure and
acupuncture. I have no idea why this is supposed to work, but it got rid of my
knee trouble. (Just remember to take the disks OFF before they start to blister your skin, or when they start to smoke if you have stupidly
high pain tolerance. Oops.)
Possibly available from your local traditional
acupuncturist.
Hmm. Good
band name fodder...