Clinical Application and Research Progress of Wrist-ankle Acupuncture
10.13460/j.issn.1005-0957.2015.03.0277
- VernacularTitle:腕踝针创立以来的临床应用及研究进展
- Author:
Meijun XU
;
Qinghui ZHOU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Wrist-ankle acupuncture;
Acupuncture therapy;
Review
- From:
Shanghai Journal of Acupuncture and Moxibustion
2015;(3):277-280
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Wrist-ankle acupuncture is a type of special acupuncture therapy, featured by simple operation, swift efficiency, and few adverse effects. In the recent years, ankle-wrist acupuncture has become more and more popularized in clinic. By retrieving the relevant medical literatures from VIP, CNKI, and Wan Fang databases, this manuscript was to analyze the history of wrist-ankle acupuncture and to review it from both mechanism and clinical reports. Meanwhile, this article also pointed out the existing problems in the research of wrist-ankle acupuncture during the recent years, and expected further standardization and studies.
