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Acupuncture therapy discipline

Known as: Acupuncture 
The occupational discipline of the traditional Chinese methods of ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY for treating disease by inserting needles along specific… 
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Acupuncture AnesthesiaPharmacopunctureTranscutaneous Acupoint Electrical Stimulationneural therapy
Acupuncture procedureEducational aspectsLOCATOR, ACUPUNCTURE POINTMoxibustion

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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Brain imaging of acupuncture: Comparing superficial with deep needling
Review
2007
Review
2007
A Possible Mechanism Underlying the Effectiveness of Acupuncture in the Treatment of Drug Addiction
Clinical trials are currently underway to determine the effectiveness of acupuncture in the treatment of drug addiction. While… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Demographics and patterns of acupuncture use in the Chinese population: the Taiwan experience.
BACKGROUND The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), including Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and acupuncture… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Electro-acupuncture relieves chronic visceral hyperalgesia in rats
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Electro-acupuncture versus conventional analgesia: a comparison of pain levels during oocyte aspiration and patients' experiences of well-being after surgery.
BACKGROUND The primary aims were to compare the pain-relieving effect and post-operative well-being between electro-acupuncture… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Effects of acupuncture therapy on insomnia.
BACKGROUND Acupuncture therapy, commonly used in clinical practice in oriental cultures, has the potential to produce a positive… 
Review
1997
Review
1997
Use of acupuncture by American physicians.
OBJECTIVES Little is known about the characteristics of American physicians who currently practice acupuncture. We asked: (1) Do… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
An acupuncture programme for the treatment of drug-addicted persons.
Over the past 13 years, Lincoln Hospital, New York City, has used acupuncture as the primary method of treatment for drug… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Sympathetic effects of manual and electrical acupuncture of the Tsusanli knee point: Comparison with the Hoku hand point sympathetic effects
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Integrative action of thalamus in the process of acupuncture for analgesia.
It was intended in this study to test the validity of the hypothesis that acupuncture analgesia is essentially a function of the… 
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