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MODEL RELEASED. Moxibustion. Moxa cone smouldering on a patient's stomach during a direct moxibustion treatment. Moxa is ground mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris). During the treatment it is burned at strategic positions on the patient's body, with the intent of inducing the flow of Qi (energy). (KEYSTONE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/CHR 366 MARK THOMAS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY) === ===