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A family of procedures that originated in traditional Chinese medicine. Acupuncture is the stimulation of specific points on the body by a variety of techniques, including the insertion of thin metal needles through the skin. It is intended to remove blockages in the flow of qi and restore and maintain health.
Also: Acupuncturist
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Topics Related To Acupuncture
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| Acupuncture | As A Treatment
"Acupuncture is among the oldest healing practices in the world..."
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Massage |
As A Treatment
"...A form of Japanese bodywork that uses localized finger pressure in a rhythmic sequence on acupuncture meridians..."
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Reflexology |
As A Treatment
"...These latter techniques, however, are modified from auricular therapy, which is an acupuncture technique..."
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TMJ Problems |
The Condition
"...a local anesthetic into muscle trigger points, passive and active jaw exercises, medications such as muscle relaxants and anti-inflammatories, multivitamins, neuromuscular orthotics, biofeedback and acupuncture, transcutaneous electrical neural stimulation, coronoplasty, and cortisone injections..."
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Traditional Chinese Medicine |
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"...Practices such as herbs, meditation, massage, and acupuncture seek to aid healing by restoring the yin-yang balance and the flow of qi..."
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Whiplash |
The Condition
"...Treatment & PreventionChiropractic therapy, physical therapy, massage therapy, acupuncture therapy, and other modalities are used..."
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Last updated: Aug 15, 2009
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