St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-03-31
JAPANESE M0xA CURE.

JAPANESE MoxA CURE.
nov Passssss are rrse,sa vseA b~r,a,~
c"nes Of ssssky DeusA.
"nale We lunchedl In The open quad
nsie before the temple groups Of
CHEEKY Japanese came in, chatterinp A
esyy ~ any picnickner could wish to.
look on their straw sandals. washed
their feet and disappeared in jolly
parties 70 the interior Of the temple.
"nen We dropped our shoes and fol-
lowed to the ono upper room. We found
our jolly chatterers all there, sitting in
rows with their faces TO the walls All
were stripped to the waist. and the old
priest made marks on their backs in
sacred Characters to indicate where the
moxaT should b burned. Following
him came . small boy with lump Of
what appeared to b very sticky dough
IN one hand. With dexterous fingers
thus yo0ngster pinched of q piece Of
dough, rolled 1t into . small cone. and
stuck 1t over the priests mark. After
MN came = staid. s:oical youngster,
who n the most cold-blooded wav
touched . match to the tip Of
t''c "'A-. coac. aud went down tho
hnes giving lights 1t burned without
Name. slow red glow like charcoal.
consuming the cone down 70 the fesh,
where 1t sizzled and smoked for few
zones. that must have seemed years to
the Victims Soaring with q red-hct
IRON w''a'.': he quick and humane treat.
ment compared TO this slow-eating fire
OF the moxa- The men and women that
watched for tho few minutes that I
could endure it, stood it heroically. but
cy the tension of every muscle in their
oacks and arms one could Judge If their
agony. One old man folded his arms.
bent his head over and INDUCED in
suppressed chuckles that varied with
groans and hysterical ha! hs! has! A
woman buried her face In . blue cotton
towel and made no sign or movement,
while two moxa cones were burning
down and Into her flesh. A young man
started to rock to and fro when the
nfe began entering into his very bones.
but soon stopped II, braced himself. aud
sat motionless. The priest. having set
his seal on his victims. sat down by .
bIazler. put on his big spectacles. and
was lost tn reading pious book. wholly
Indifferent to the row Of backs frizxliu2
beside him. This mine priest has somo
secret OF composition for his moxs
dough that has kept IL in favor for
many ycarA and about the only rove
nue. of the temple is from bis patients'
seea For rheumatism. lumbago, and
such aches and flls it Is most beneficial.
and gives quick relief 10 any one heroic
enough to endure It The japanese
resort to lnoxa for almost everything
that ais them. and one secs coolies
with their bscks and the calves oe their
legs covered with moxa scars. Foreixu
inctnrs have discovered the virtues OF
The treatment for certain things. and In
Paris many oasas OF paralysis have been
treated. Charles Sumner
having been one of tho famous CASES,
whose paraly1ed nerves we're revived
~ the moxa- A variation Of the treat
nent used In Paris under the name OF
noxa consists in burning with white
rot irons. which Is much less painful
han with paste cones. and Clara Nor.
is was one Of the best advertised sub.
ects undergoing the whiteiron moxa.
When the patients descended from the
noxa room. put on their sandals. and
. sullen prayer toward the
'pen door of the temple. they were
hardly to b. identified with the gay
,eoPle who had arrived earlier: and
when they walked. it was plain by the
WY they held their shoulders. that the
'aw places still smarted-M. Lowis
Globe Democrat.