Disciplines and Occupations

Acupuncture

The occupational discipline of the traditional Chinese methods of ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY for treating disease by inserting needles along specific pathways or meridians.

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Abstract

The occupational discipline of the traditional Chinese methods of ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY for treating disease by inserting needles along specific pathways or meridians.

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Pharmacopuncture

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

use for the discipline only; do not confuse with ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY

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History Note

2002

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Previous Indexing

  • Acupuncture Therapy/trends (1978-2001)

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  1. H02w.004w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Acupuncture. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D026881. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D026881
  2. Acupuncture. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acupuncture
  3. Acupuncture. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121713