A new theory on the evaluation of traditional Chinese acupuncture mechanisms from the latest medical scientific point of view

Acupuncture and Electro-Therapeutics Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 189-204

  Inanç, Betül Battaloʇlu ^a  

^a MUGLA SITKI KOCMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dermatology; Developmental biology; Embriology; Epigenetic; Quantum physics; Traditional Chinese medicine; Yin and Yang

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; EMBRYOLOGY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; ORGAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

PROTEIN;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MERIDIANS; PROTEINS; YIN-YANG;

EID: 84959044812     PISSN: 03601293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/036012915X14473562232987     Document Type: Review

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