Evidence-based acupuncture.

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Acupuncture has been an important branch of Traditional Chinese Medicine for over 3000 years and is the most popular practice among non-Chinese practitioners outside of China. In 1998, the United States National Institutes of Health (NIH) held a consensus conference and endorsed the practice of acup...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Leung, Ping-Chung
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Singapore : World Scientific Publishing Company, 2012.
Series:Annals of traditional Chinese medicine.
Subjects:
Acupuncture.
Therapeutics.
Evidence-based medicine.
Methodology.
Medical personnel.
Therapeutics
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment.
Evidence-Based Practice
Methods
Acupuncture Therapy
Investigative Techniques.
Health Occupations
Complementary Therapies
Disciplines and Occupations.
Thérapeutique.
Médecine factuelle.
Méthodologie.
Personnel médical.
Médecines parallèles.
methodology.
treating (health care function)
HEALTH & FITNESS > Acupressure & Acupuncture.
MEDICAL > Acupuncture.
Methodology
Medical personnel
Evidence-based medicine
Acupuncture
Medicine.
Health & Biological Sciences.
Alternative Medicine.
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Summary:Acupuncture has been an important branch of Traditional Chinese Medicine for over 3000 years and is the most popular practice among non-Chinese practitioners outside of China. In 1998, the United States National Institutes of Health (NIH) held a consensus conference and endorsed the practice of acupuncture as an effective pain control agent - since then acupuncture has become even more popular. Clinical practice is always an inviting form of research. In the field of acupuncture, research concentrates on the neurological pathways of the meridians and acupoints, the neurological functional chang.
Item Description:Editorial Board of the Annals of Traditional Chinese Medicine; Contents; Preface to Series; Does Traditional Chinese Medicine Work?; Preface to Volume 5; Abbreviations; Section I Physiological Basis; Chapter 1 Acupuncture for Pain Control; 1.1 The Central Nervous System; 1.1.1 The cerebral cortex; 1.2 The Function of Cerebral Limbic System in Acupuncture Analgesia; 1.3 Function of Diencephalon in Acupuncture Analgesia; 1.3.1 Thalamus; 1.3.2 Epithalamus; 1.4 The Function of Brain Stem Structure in Acupuncture Analgesia; 1.4.1 Medulla oblongata; 1.4.2 Midbrain.
4.5 Summary and Discussion.
Physical Description:1 online resource (205 pages).
ISBN:9789814324182
9814324183

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