A Curious Oversight in Acupuncture Research

Common phenomena central to acupuncture have been overlooked by previous hypotheses on how acupuncture works, with the result that the hypotheses are unable to account for acupuncture's effects. This article describes the main features overlooked and suggests how these might be investigated in...

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Main Author: Fletcher Kovich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Medical Association of Pharmacopuncture Institute 2017-12-01
Series:Journal of Acupuncture & Meridian Studies
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2005290117301875
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description Common phenomena central to acupuncture have been overlooked by previous hypotheses on how acupuncture works, with the result that the hypotheses are unable to account for acupuncture's effects. This article describes the main features overlooked and suggests how these might be investigated in future acupuncture research.
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A Curious Oversight in Acupuncture Research
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electrical wave
semiconduction
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title A Curious Oversight in Acupuncture Research
title_full A Curious Oversight in Acupuncture Research
title_fullStr A Curious Oversight in Acupuncture Research
title_full_unstemmed A Curious Oversight in Acupuncture Research
title_short A Curious Oversight in Acupuncture Research
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electrical wave
semiconduction
signal propagation
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