"You ignite the moxa stick and let it burn," I said.

"Moxibustion and acupunture are complementary in TCM."

The Oxford Advanced American Dictionary states that acupressure was originally from Japan, in its respective word entry.

But it was from China, and it's a part of the Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Japanese had learned it from China long time ago, supposedly.


The boon of acupressure is that anyone can be the masseur or masseuse, so that it can be done at home.