The future of acupuncture moxibustion: A transcontinental three-center pilot study using high-tech methods

Medical Acupuncture

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 115-121

  Litscher, Gerhard ^a   Zhang, Weibo ^b   Yi, Seung Ho ^c   Wang, Lu ^a   Huang, Tao ^b   Gaischek, Ingrid ^a   Tian, Yu Ying ^b   Wang, Guang Jun ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Moxibustion; Needle moxa system; Temperature change

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MOXIBUSTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 69949110483     PISSN: 19336586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acu.2009.0665     Document Type: Article

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