The puzzle of acupuncture

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 983-990

  Wolfson, Vladimir ^a  

^a Institute of Chinese Medicine   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Origin

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; ENERGY; ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; HISTORY;

ACUPUNCTURE; CHINA; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; QI;

EID: 2542494142     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X0300151X     Document Type: Article

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