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In moxibustion, or moxa treatment, small cones of an herb (typically Artemisia moxa) are burned on top of needles placed in designated points of the body, generally the same points as those used in acupuncture.
While it was once traditionally attributed to the Yellow Emperor (Huangdi), who is said to have ruled in the 27th century BCE, the Huangdi neijing was not written by him. Scholars now believe the work was actually composed in the 3rd century BCE.12