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  2. Acupuncture - Wikipedia

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    After the National Institute of Health expressed support for acupuncture for a limited number of conditions, adoption in the US grew further. [26] In 1972 the first legal acupuncture center in the US was established in Washington DC [138] and in 1973 the American Internal Revenue Service allowed acupuncture to be deducted as a medical expense ...

  3. Two wellness experts weigh in on how to get the stress ... - AOL

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    For someone like Ross, who suffers from Type-1 Diabetes and other health-related issues, patients can find that the practice aids in calming the digestive system and anxiety, while increasing ...

  4. Pain management - Wikipedia

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    In the nursing profession, one common definition of pain is any problem that is "whatever the experiencing person says it is, existing whenever the experiencing person says it does". [5] Pain management includes patient and communication about the pain problem. [6] To define the pain problem, a health care provider will likely ask questions ...

  5. Alternative medicine - Wikipedia

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    For example, the United States National Institutes of Health department studying alternative medicine, currently named the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), was established as the Office of Alternative Medicine (OAM) and was renamed the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) before ...

  6. Traditional Chinese medicine - Wikipedia

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    Regarding cancer patients, the review hypothesized that acupuncture may cause physical responses in nerve cells, the pituitary gland, and the brain – releasing proteins, hormones, and chemicals that are proposed to affect blood pressure, body temperature, immune activity, and endorphin release. [225]

  7. 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]

  8. List of acupuncture points - Wikipedia

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    The only [verification needed] ambiguity with this unique systemized method is on the urinary bladder meridian, where the outer line of 14 points found on the back near the spine are inserted in one of two ways; following the last point of the inner line along the spine (會陽) and resuming with the point found in the crease of the buttocks ...

  9. Moxibustion - Wikipedia

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    Moxibustion in Michael Bernhard Valentini's Museum Museorum (Frankfurt am Main, 1714). Moxibustion (Chinese: 灸; pinyin: jiǔ) is a traditional Chinese medicine therapy which consists of burning dried mugwort on particular points on the body.