Acupuncture in the treatment of headache: A traditional explanation of an ancient art

Headache

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 457-464

  Cady, Roger K ^a   Farmer, Kathleen ^b  

^a HEADACHE CARE CENTER   (United States)

^b Primary Care Network   (United States)

Author keywords

acupuncture; alternative medicine

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE NEEDLE; ADULT; ALLOPATHY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHINESE MEDICINE; EPISODIC MIGRAINE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; TENSION HEADACHE; VOMITING; WEATHER; ART; HISTORY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; ART; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84924571215     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/head.12523     Document Type: Article

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