Acupuncture De Qi, from qualitative history to quantitative measurement

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1059-1070

  Kong, Jian ^a   Gollub, Randy ^a   Huang, Tao ^b   Polich, Ginger ^a   Napadow, Vitaly ^a   Hui, Kathleen ^a   Vangel, Mark ^a   Rosen, Bruce ^a   Kaptchuk, Ted J ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; MGH ACUPUNCTURE SENSATION SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SENSATION;

EID: 37649024060     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2007.0524     Document Type: Article

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