High-tech laser acupuncture is Chinese medicine

Medical Acupuncture

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 245-254

  Litscher, Gerhard ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Bioengineering assessment; High tech acupuncture; Laser acupuncture; Modern acupuncture methods; Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CHINESE MEDICINE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; LASER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 59749103930     PISSN: 19336586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acu.2008.0643     Document Type: Article

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