Chinese medicine: A cognitive and epistemological review

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 293-298

  Kavoussi, Ben ^a,b,c  

^a Medicus Research LLC   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

5 elements theory; Empirical medicine; Proto science; Sacred geometry; Semantic networks; Traditional chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

CHINESE MEDICINE; COGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 52449117430     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nem005     Document Type: Review

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