The polymodal receptor hypothesis of acupuncture and moxibustion, and its rational explanation of acupuncture points

International Congress Series

Volumn 1238, Issue C, 2002, Pages 63-68

  Kawakita, Kenji ^a   Itoh, Kazunori ^a   Okada, Kaoru ^a  

^a MEIJI UNIVERSITY OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Acupuncture point; Moxibustion; Polymodal receptor; Trigger point

Indexed keywords

EID: 32244442667     PISSN: 05315131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5131(02)00411-9     Document Type: Article

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