How is the motility of gastrointestinal sphincters modulated by acupmoxa?

International Congress Series

Volumn 1238, Issue C, 2002, Pages 141-147

  Chiu, Jen Hwey ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acupmoxa; Acupuncture; Motility; Moxibustion; Sphincters

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959225717     PISSN: 05315131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5131(02)00408-9     Document Type: Article

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