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• Acupuncture — Intervention Needles being inserted into a patient s skin. ICD 10 PCS 8E0H30Z …   Wikipedia

• Acupuncture traditionnelle — Acupuncture Acupuncture du poignet L’acupuncture[1] (du latin : acus, « aiguille » et pungere, « piquer » …   Wikipédia en Français

• ACUPUNCTURE — Toutes les civilisations se sont efforcées de combattre la douleur. Le procédé le plus déconcertant est sans doute l’acupuncture, utilisée en Chine depuis plusieurs millénaires. Reposant sur des bases théoriques traditionnelles très complexes, sa …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Acupuncture point — Acupuncture points (zh cp|腧穴|shùxué, also called acupoints (zh cp|穴位|xuéwèi or Japanese: つぼ tsubo ) are locations on the body that are the focus of acupuncture, acupressure, sonopuncture, and laser acupuncture treatments. There are several… …   Wikipedia

• Acupuncture detoxification — is the use of auricular (outer ear) acupuncture to treat drug and alcohol addiction. Evidence supporting the use of auricular acupuncture to treat addictions is largely based on anecdotal and clinical reports. Reviews of randomized controlled… …   Wikipedia

• acupuncture and moxibustion — constitute one of the most distinctive branches of Chinese medicine. Acupuncture refers to the therapeutic manipulation of needles at specific sites on the body, and moxibustion to the therapeutic warming or cauterizing of these sites with slow… …   Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture

• Acupuncture point injection — is a procedure in which drugs, vitamins, herbal extracts, or other fluids are injected into the body at an acupuncture point using a syringe and needle. External links * [http://www.cancer.gov/Templates/db alpha.aspx?CdrID=467825 Acupuncture… …   Wikipedia

• Acupuncture — Ac u*punc ture, v. t. To treat with acupuncture. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Acupuncture — Ac u*punc ture, n. [L. acus needle + punctura a pricking, fr. pungere to prick: cf. F. acuponcture.] Pricking with a needle; a needle prick. Specifically (Med.): The insertion of needles into the living tissues for remedial purposes. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• acupuncture — (n.) 1680s, pricking with a needle to ease pain, from L. acus needle (see ACUITY (Cf. acuity)) + PUNCTURE (Cf. puncture). The verb is first recorded 1972 …   Etymology dictionary

• acupuncture — ► NOUN ▪ a system of complementary medicine in which fine needles are inserted in the skin at specific points along supposed lines of energy. DERIVATIVES acupuncturist noun. ORIGIN from Latin acu with a needle + PUNCTURE(Cf. ↑puncture) …   English terms dictionary