Energy - Meridian misconceptions of Chinese medicine

Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur GanzheitsMedizin

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 112-117

  Kendall, Donald E ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Adenosine triphosphate; Meridians; Metaphysics; Neurovascular nodes; Vessel branching

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ACUPUNCTURE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CIRCULATION; ENERGY; GLUCOSE OXIDATION; METAPHYSICS; NOTE;

EID: 41749109982     PISSN: 10150684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000286171     Document Type: Note

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