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  2. Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies - Wikipedia

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    In an opinion piece for Forbes on journals about pseudoscience published by reputable publishers, Steven Salzberg listed this journal as one of the examples of a "fake medical journal", [2] and his critique was repeated in an article written for Monthly Index of Medical Specialities exploring whether acupuncture was a medical sham or genuine ...

  3. Clean Needle Technique - Wikipedia

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    The CNT Manual provides guidelines for acupuncture needle safety and related procedures, including moxibustion, cupping, electroacupuncture, therapeutic blood withdrawal, gua sha, plum blossom needling, press tacks, intradermal needles, ear seeds, tui na, heat lamps, and other acupuncture-related tools.

  4. Acupuncture in Medicine - Wikipedia

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    Acupuncture in Medicine is a bi-monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering aspects of acupuncture and related techniques. The journal was established in 1982 by the British Medical Acupuncture Society , but was published by the BMJ Group on behalf of the Society from 2008 to 2018 and SAGE Publishing from 2019.

  5. Traditional Chinese medicine - Wikipedia

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    The US FDA classifies single-use acupuncture needles as Class II medical devices, under CFR 21. [219] Acupuncture is often accompanied by moxibustion – the Chinese characters for acupuncture (针灸; 針灸; zhēnjiǔ) literally meaning "acupuncture-moxibustion" – which involves burning mugwort on or near the skin at an acupuncture point. [220]

  6. Dry needling - Wikipedia

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    Dry needling for the treatment of myofascial (muscular) trigger points is based on theories similar, but not exclusive, to traditional acupuncture; both acupuncture and dry needling target the trigger points, which is a direct and palpable source of patient pain. [1]

  7. List of acupuncture points - Wikipedia

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    More than four hundred acupuncture points have been described, with the majority located on one of the twenty main cutaneous and subcutaneous meridians, pathways which run throughout the body and according to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) transport qi.

  8. Kampo - Wikipedia

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    Traditional Japanese medicine uses most of the Chinese methods, including acupuncture, moxibustion, traditional Chinese herbology, and traditional food therapy. Shennong (Japanese: Shinnō) tasting herbs to ascertain their qualities (19th-century Japanese scroll) Manase Dōsan (1507–94) who laid the foundations for a more independent Japanese ...

  9. Chiropractic treatment techniques - Wikipedia

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    National guidelines vary; some recommend the therapy for those who do not improve with other treatment. [49] It may be effective for lumbar disc herniation with radiculopathy , [ 50 ] [ 51 ] as effective as mobilization for neck pain, [ 52 ] some forms of headache, [ 53 ] [ 54 ] and some extremity joint conditions.