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200 00$aAcupuncture $etheories and evidence /$feditor, Hong Hai, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references.
327   $aMechanisms of acupuncture in pain : a physiological perspective in a clinical context / Thomas Lundeberg -- Traditionally based systems of acupuncture : their explanatory nature, models, needs and requirements for testing them / Stephen Birch -- The ontological status of meridians / Hong Hai -- Modern scientific explanation of traditional acupuncture theory / Ching-Liang Hsieh -- Cognitive neuroscience, acupuncture and pain treatment, does a sting always hurt? / Konstantina Theodoratou -- Frequent weaknesses in acupuncture trials / Edzard Ernst -- The complexities inherent in placebo-controlled acupuncture studies / Lao Lixing and Zhang Ruixin -- Research methodology in acupuncture / Lee Tat Leang and Zheng Zhen -- The use of placebos in acupuncture trials / Dylan Evans -- Improving the quality of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in acupuncture / Bian Zhaoxiang ... [et al.] -- Acupuncture treatment for addiction / Leung Ping Cheung ... [et al.] -- Dense cranial electroacupuncture stimulation for neuropsychiatric disorders : rationale and clinical application / Zhang Zhang-Jin and Man Sui-Cheung.
330   $aAcupuncture is widely practised in the 21st century in scientifically developed countries for a wide range of ailments ranging from chronic pain, giddiness and high blood pressure to gastrointestinal disorders and sexual dysfunction. Yet the reasons for its vaunted efficacy remain a matter of controversy. In traditional Chinese medical theory, the mechanism of action in acupuncture was understood in terms of the flow of qi and the balance of yin and yang through the body's meridians, a complex network painstaking charted but never found. Modern medical researchers have examined old and new nee
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