TY  - CHAP
AU  - Takashi Seki
AU  - Junnosuke Okajima
AU  - Akiko Kikuchi
AU  - Shin Takayama
AU  - Masashi Watanabe
AU  - Hiroko Kusuyama
AU  - Ayane Matsuda
AU  - Soichiro Kaneko
AU  - Tetsuharu Kamiya
AU  - Atsuki Komiya
AU  - Minami Fujiwara
AU  - Nobuo Yaegasi
AU  - Tomoyuki Yambe
AU  - Shigenao Maruyama
ED  - Lucy L. Chen
ED  - Tsung O. Cheng
Y1  - 2013-03-06
PY  - 2013
T1  - High-Tech Equipment for Moxibustion in Modern Medicine
N2  - This book contains four integrated sections: 1) Acupuncture Research; 2) New Developments in Acupuncture; 3) Acupuncture Therapy for Clinical Conditions and 4) Assessment and Accessibility in Acupuncture Therapy. Section 1 provides updates on acupuncture research.  From acupuncture effects in modulation of immune system to the role of nitric oxide in acupuncture mechanisms, chapters in this section offer readers the newest trends in acupuncture research. Section 2 summarizes new developments in acupuncture.  The included chapters discuss new tools and methods in acupuncture such as laser acupuncture, sham needles, and new technologies. Section 3 discusses acupuncture therapy for clinical conditions. The chapters in this section provide comprehensive and critical views of acupuncture therapy and its application in common clinical practice. Section 4 takes a new look at the issues related to assessment and accessibility in acupuncture therapy.  These issues are central to developing new standards for outcome assessment and policies that will increase the accessibility to acupuncture therapy.
BT  - Acupuncture in Modern Medicine
SP  - Ch. 6
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5772/53802
DO  - 10.5772/53802
SN  - 
PB  - IntechOpen
CY  - Rijeka
Y2  - 2024-05-11
ER  -