Amazing Chinese Characters (692) Moxibustion - 灸

 The big seal script of character Moxibustion is

The top is character Long Time (Post 691) which means the acupuncture point, the bottom is character Fire (Post 26). Here it means to use fire on an acupuncture point as a treatment for illness, which is Moxibustion.

which is an old medical treatment, used for thousands of years.

The small seal script of character Moxibustion is

Similar to big seal script.

The clerical script of character Moxibustion is

The pinyin of character Moxibustion is Jiu4.

Nowadays, acupuncture is put a needle penetrate into body: 针灸 - needle acupuncture even though used moxibustion but actually no fire involved, but patients may feel warm on the acupuncture point area similar to be heated.