Moxibustion is a traditional therapy of Korea, in which a moxa is burned on different spots of the body for acupuncture in order to treat diseases by making use of dried mugwort abundant in the country.

   This Koryo therapy, which originated from the period of Ancient Joson, has developed up to now for thousands of years.

   From the Stone Age, the Korean ancestors began to apply stone needles and mugwort in medical treatment. In the period of Koryo moxibustion underwent remarkable development.

   Medical education put the main emphasis on moxibustion and acupuncture.

   Chimgugyonghombang, an old book on the experiences gained in acupuncture and moxibustion, specified the methods of treating various diseases with moxibustion and thus provided a scientific guarantee for the development of the therapy.

   The therapy is applied mainly to arrhythmia, anginophobia, valvular disorder, myocardial infarction and other ischemic heart diseases, cystitis, hepatic cirrhosis, prostatic pile, hydroperitoneum and other obstinate digestive diseases, nervous system diseases like facial paralysis and obstinate gynaecological diseases.

   It can be applied anywhere if some moxa and a place for a patient to lie are available.

   In case of a refractory disease, one treatment period is 15 to 30 days, during which three to five balls of moxa are cauterized on one spot once a day. The spots differ according to the types of diseases and the focus conditions of a patient.

   Moxibustion therapy was inscribed as No.23 of the National Intangible Cultural Heritage Inventory on November 1, 2015.