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The Holistic Effects of Acupuncture Treatment

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), as a complex medical science which reflects philosophical principles and embodies large dialectical thought, is used to place the human body into a large system for observation. Acupuncture as a vital part of TCM, has been practiced to treat various diseases and s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Yang, Jing-Wen, Li, Qian-Qian, Li, Fang, Fu, Qing-Nan, Zeng, Xiang-Hong, Liu, Cun-Zhi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3913204/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24527051
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/739708
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Sumario:Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), as a complex medical science which reflects philosophical principles and embodies large dialectical thought, is used to place the human body into a large system for observation. Acupuncture as a vital part of TCM, has been practiced to treat various diseases and symptoms. However, acupuncture is also facing severe challenges resulted from insufficient modern scientific research. Nowadays, the holistic effects of acupuncture can be researched by some modern approaches, such as the systems biology and fMRI technique. It is believed that having a better understand will greatly promote acupuncture research and be beneficial to scientization and modernization of acupuncture.