• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.7 no.6
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• pp.1561-1566
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• 2012

Moxa cautery has long been used(among the public) due to its widespread efficacy with few side effects, and is still in use for a variety of purposes. However, conventional indirect moxa cautery accompanied with some problems such as smoke from its combustion and ashes which are difficult to clean. As parts of effects to deal with such problems, this research conducted a survey while referring to a variety of relevant documents. In the survey, 80% of respondents said that their current moxa tools are inconvenient to use. Many of them pointed out smoke, hot temperature problem, and the difficulty of fixing the tool as major sources of inconveniences in using moxa cautery.