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Acupuncture
Of or related to a medical procedure involving the piercing of the skin at very specific points on the body using thin, sharp needles; thought to adjust the pattern of the body's energy flow.
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Sensory
Alternative therapy; Acupuncture
In acupuncture, sensory relates to the sensation or perception of a stimulus and the passage made by incoming nerve impulses from the sense organs to the nerve centers.
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)
Alternative therapy; Acupuncture
A whole medical system that was documented in China by the 3rd century B.C. TCM is based on a concept of vital energy, or qi, that is believed to flow throughout the body. TCM proposes that qi ...
Yang
Alternative therapy; Acupuncture
A relative term (in relation to Yin) associated with the more energetic parts of our being and nature. Yang is associated with the masculine, life-force, energy, brightness, warmth, the ethereal, and ...
Yin
Alternative therapy; Acupuncture
A relative term (in relation to Yang) associated with the more substantial parts of our being and of nature. Yin is associated with the feminine, nourishment, dark, moist, coolness, substantial, and ...
Zhejiu
Alternative therapy; Acupuncture
Zhejiu is the Chinese term and refers to both acupuncture and moxibustion.
