Crossover clinical trial to determine the effect of manual acupuncture at siguan points (Bilateral LI4 and LR3) on intestinal motility in healthy subjects

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 209-218

  Yim, Y K ^a   Kang, W C ^a   Cho, J H ^a   Shin, J W ^a   Lee, N H ^a   Choi, S M ^c   Koo, S T ^c   Park, K S ^b   Son, Chang Gue ^a  

^a Daejeon University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Four Gates; Gastrointestinal Motility; Healthy Human Subject; LI4; LR3; Manual Acupuncture; Siguan

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEFECATION; DESCENDING COLON; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILEUM; INTESTINE MOTILITY; INTESTINE RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM; SIGMOID; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSVERSE COLON;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEFECATION; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MALE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34147193201     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X07004758     Document Type: Article

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