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Acupuncture Styles

While Acupuncture originated in China approximately 3,000 years ago, the practice spread over the Asian continent and developed its own regional adaptations leading to many different styles of acupuncture.

Acupuncture - Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine

Acupuncture is one of the main forms of treatment in traditional Chinese medicine. It involves the use of sharp, thin...

Moxibustion - Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine

Moxibustion is a technique used in traditional Chinese medicine in which a stick or cone of burning mugwort, , is pla...

Acupressure - Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine

Acupressure is a form of touch therapy that utilizes the principles of acupuncture and Chinese medicine. In acupressu...

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) for Infertility

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) can be an effective treatment for infertility, either used alone or in conjunction...

Traditional Chinese Medicine - Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is based on a set of interventions designed to restore balance to human beings. Th...

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In , the Rapid Access Chest Pain Unit conducted a 14-month study to identify whether 235 patients would consider acupuncture as a valid treatment for the condition, non-cardiac chest pain, which ef...

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INNERHEALTH Acupuncture & Counseling, Angela Pfaffenberger, Ph.D., LAc.

Acupuncture is widely used in complementary and alternative medicine to reduce body weight. However, a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess an effect of acupuncture has not yet been perfor...

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Acupuncture for Headaches and Migraines Headaches fall into three main categories: tension-type, migraine and cervicogenic. Tension-type headaches are the most frequent. Patients who...

A Pointed Approach Treating the Whole Person

The subject of fear around getting jabbed provoked some addled rumination for a few days.  Then, voila!  It occurs to me that some doctors of Chinese medicine don't use needles at all.  Some use so...

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Discovered in Korea 1971, now widely used around the world, Korean Hand Acupuncture is making complementary medicine headway in pediatrics. Korean Hand Acupuncture is an original acupuncture method...

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