Clients often comment about certain aromas wafting through the halls of Mend. You too may have wondered about a certain burning herbal scent. What you likely have been smelling is the use of an ancient therapy often used in conjunction with acupuncture known as moxa or moxibustion, which is the medical application of burning mugwort on or over an acupoint. WHAT IS MUGWORT? Mugwort is the common name for Folium Atemisiae Argyi. That’s a mouthful. The English word mugwort is derived from the Japanese word mugosa. Mugwort is prepared for external heat therapy by drying and aging the leaves [...]