The Artemisia vulgaris, also known with the name "grass crushes devils", is captured at the summer solstice, and from the dried and shredded leaves a wool is obtained with which balls are formed, cones or, wrapping it in paper of mulberry, cigars.

These remedies are burned and used through the prolonged application of heat to specific points on the body, acupuncture meridians and acupoints (the same as the traditional Chinese TUINA massage).

The heat of moxa is very penetrating, pleasant, effective in improving the immune defenses, poor circulation, conditions of damp cold and lack of energy.

Is indicated:

- aggravated disorders, from humidity and cold such as arthrosis, rheumatism, neck pain, sciatica, lumbago and joint pains.

- traumatic causes, muscle contractures, the witch's stroke, whiplash, stiff neck, muscles and bones,, epicondylitis, muscle contractures.

- activates the properties of the acupoint especially in cases of cold limbs, diarrhea, constipation, difficult digestion, asthenia, haemorrhoids, lung problems, and reversal of the breech fetus.

- for preventive purposes : to stay healthy especially in the elderly.

- emergency intervention : cramps, retorts, dental problems, insect bites

Many publications highlight the potential of Moxibustion, which, even in the light of centuries of experience, testifies above all to the greater action in the chronic phases of diseases or when other treatments have failed.