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Acupuncture Points of the Cervical Plexus
The American Journal of Chinese Medicine, 1984Acupuncture points in the neck region are basically distributed along the terminal branches of the cervical plexus. There are two components of the plexus, cutaneous and muscular. The cutaneous component of the cervical plexus consists of four major branches which are the lesser occipital, great auricular, transverse cervical, and supraclavicular ...
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Acupuncture points and cutaneous nerves
Experientia, 1979In view of the number of workers who have confirmed the presence of cutaneous nerves beneath acupuncture points, a plea is made not to dismiss them too lightly or hastily at this point in the search for the mechanisms of acupuncture.
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Acupuncture Points and Skin Impedance
Acupuncture in Medicine, 2013I enjoyed reading the recent article by Rezaei et al 1 in your journal. The authors measured skin impedance on the anterior forearm of 18 participants and found that the impedance of the acupoint PC4 and pericardial meridian were significantly lower than that of the surrounding skin. I would like to express my opinions as follows.
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Acupuncture Points of the Cranial Nerves
The American Journal of Chinese Medicine, 1984An attempt is made to name most of the acupuncture points in the face and forehead region using anatomic nomenclature known to western medicine. All acupuncture points in the face and forehead region are located along terminal or cutaneous branches of the trigeminal nerve and the motor points formed between muscular branches of the facial nerve to the
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Acupuncture Points of the Brachial Plexus
The American Journal of Chinese Medicine, 1985This publication is the third of a total of six papers intended to name acupuncture points following the anatomic nomenclatures. In the first publication, acupuncture points in the head are named using terminal branches of the trigeminal nerve and the muscles of facial expression.
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Trigger Point–Acupuncture Point Correlations Revisited
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 2003In 1977, Melzack and colleagues examined the possible correspondence of acupuncture points and trigger points for the treatment of pain. They claimed a 71% correspondence between these two classes of points. Their findings have influenced many researchers and practitioners but have not been examined since 1977. The current study explores the claim of a
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Singular Point, Organizing Center and Acupuncture Point
The American Journal of Chinese Medicine, 1989A hypothesis is proposed on the nature of acupuncture point and organizing center, the role of meridian system in growth regulation, and the mechanism of acupuncture. Both organizing centers and acupuncture points have low electric resistance.
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The Comparison of trigger point acupuncture and traditional acupuncture
World Journal of Acupuncture - Moxibustion, 2016Abstract Trigger point (TrP) acupuncture (dry needling), the use of solid filiform needles at TrPs, has been developed from a comprehensive integration and adaptation of traditional acupuncture using current understandings of TrPs. During the past twenty years, the concept and technique continues to evolve, with a potential to expand to other ...
Zeng-fu PENG +3 more
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Acupuncture: what's the point?
British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2016Acupuncture is a widely used treatment in many different fields from pain management to sports medicine, and it often creates much discussion and debate. What actually constitutes acupuncture? Traditional Eastern acupuncture involves piercing the skin with fine filament needles at specific points located on meridians around the body to restore the flow
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Trigger Points and Classical Acupuncture Points
Deutsche Zeitschrift für Akupunktur, 2008Background: Data from a recently published study suggest that substantial anatomic, clinical, and physiologic overlap of myofascial trigger points (mTrPs) and acupoints exists in the treatment of pain disorders. Objective : To evaluate the anatomic relationships between classical acupoint locations and those of mTrPs both qualitatively and ...
P.T. Dorsher, J. Fleckenstein
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