Blue laser in acupuncture - A preliminary review report;Blauer Laser in der Akupunktur - ein erster Review-Report

Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur GanzheitsMedizin

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 167-170

  Litscher, Gerhard ^a   Wang, Lu ^a   Xie, Zheng ^a,b   Gaischek, Ingrid ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Blue laser acupuncture; Blue laser needle; Heart rate; Microcirculation

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLUE LASER; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER; NEEDLE; PHOBIA; REVIEW;

EID: 77953813878     PISSN: 10150684     EISSN: 16637607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000313332     Document Type: Review

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