Patent ID: 8535365
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61H

Abstract:
1. A moxa burning bowl for application of heat and/or fume treatment of bodily portions of a user by supporting lit moxa sticks above a moxa heat and/or fume application zone adjacent a bodily portion of a user, comprising: (a) a flexible ring-shaped base member adapted to be applied to a portion of a body of a user; with the base member including means conforming a bottom of the base member to at least irregular non-flat surfaces on the body of a user, leaving an open center of the ring-shaped base member open to the surface of a body portion of the user; (b) a dish-like member carried by an upper end of the base member; (c) the dish-like member having a plurality of sockets for disposition of upstanding moxa sticks in said sockets; and (d) with the dish-like member having a generally concave upper surface as viewed from above when the bowl is disposed on a body portion of a user, whereby the generally concave upper surface of the dish-like member may receive fallen ashes from burning moxa sticks.