Application of acupoints and meridians for the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea: A data mining-based literature study

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Yu, Siyi ^a   Yang, Jie ^a   Yang, Mingxiao ^a   Gao, Yan ^b   Chen, Jiao ^a   Ren, Yulan ^a   Zhang, Leixiao ^c   Chen, Liang ^a   Liang, Fanrong ^a   Hu, Youping ^a  

^a CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Second Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Sichuan Province   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ACUPOINT; ACUPUNCTURE; ARM; BODY REGIONS; CHINESE; CHINESE BIOMEDICAL DATABASE; CILIAO; DATA MINING; DIJI; DYSMENORRHEA; FACE; GANSHU; GUANYUAN; GUILAI; HEAD; HEGU; HUMAN; LEG; META ANALYSIS; MINGMEN; NECK; PISHU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QIHAI; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SANYINJIAO; SHENQUE; SHENSHU; SHIQIZHUI; SHUIDAO; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAICHONG; THORAX; TRIGGER POINT; XUEHAI; YINLINGQUAN; ZHONGJI; ZIGONG; ZUSANLI;

EID: 84924546732     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/752194     Document Type: Review

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