Bioengineering assessment of acupuncture, part 8: Innovative moxibustion

Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-126

  Litscher, Gerhard ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acupuncture moxibustion; Electrobian stone moxibustion; Infrared moxa; Laser moxa; Needle moxa system

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFIERS; DOPPLER EFFECT; NEEDLES;

CHINESE CHARACTERS; ELECTROBIAN STONE MOXIBUSTION; HIGH TECH; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LASER DOPPLER IMAGING; MUGWORT;

THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

ACUPUNCTURE; APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CHINESE MEDICINE; ELECTROBIAN STONE MOXIBUSTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LASER MOXA DEVICE; MOXIBUSTION; NEEDLE; NEW INFRARED MOXA DEVICE; NEW NEEDLE MOXA SYSTEM; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMOGRAPHY;

ARTEMISIA VULGARIS;

EID: 77956924195     PISSN: 0278940X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevBiomedEng.v38.i2.10     Document Type: Article

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