Moxibustion for essential hypertension

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 187-195

  Xiong, Xingjiang ^a   Liu, Wei ^a   Yang, Xiaochen ^a   Feng, Bo ^a   Wang, Jie ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

Essential hypertension; Moxibustion; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; MOXIBUSTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MOXIBUSTION;

EID: 84894258809     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2013.11.005     Document Type: Review

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