Loquat-leaf moxibustion therapy and a moxa stick for use in the therapy

摘要

A loquat-leaf moxibustion therapy in which a green leaf of loquat and thereupon mattings of vegetable fibers such as for example the combination of a mat of cotton fabric and a mat of paper are placed preferably in this sequence on the surface of the body skin of a subject in the region of a desired "remedial spot" of the subject and thereafter a moxa stick kindled at one axial end thereof and pointed to the remedial spot across the layers of the mattings and the leaf is pressed at the fiery end of the stick onto the mattings so that the loquat leaf is locally fumigated by the smoke from the moxa stick for producing the combined medicinal effects of the moxa and the loquat leaf and, at the same time, the subject's body skin is pressed upon at the remedial spot and enjoys the remedial efficacy obtainable by the finger-pressure therapy known in the art of oriental medicine. There is further proposed a moxa stick which is sized and/or configured to be specifically suitable for use in a loquat-leaf moxibustion therapy.