Similarity between coffee effects and qi-stimulating events

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1145-1150

  Hsu, Tse Lin ^a   Bau, Jian Guo ^b   Wang, Wei Kung ^a   Li, Sai Ping ^a   Wang, Yuh Ying Lin ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Taiwan)

^b Hung Kung University   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GANODERMA LUCIDUM EXTRACT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHINESE MEDICINE; COFFEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COFFEE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PULSE; QI; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57349199369     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2008.0041     Document Type: Article

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