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Descriptor English: Acupuncture Points
Descriptor Spanish: Puntos de Acupuntura
Descriptor puntos de acupuntura
Entry term(s) acupuntos
Scope note: Sitios localizados a lo largo de los nervios o meridianos de los órganos para insertar las agujas de acupuntura.
Descriptor Portuguese: Pontos de Acupuntura
Descriptor French: Points d'acupuncture
Entry term(s): Acupoint
Acupoints
Acupuncture Point
Point, Acupuncture
Points, Acupuncture
Tree number(s): E02.190.044.555.035
MT1.388.585.520.400.555.035
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015669
Scope note: Areas of an animal body with well-defined anatomical locations that, according to traditional Chinese medicine, are provided with greater sensitivity and qi flow. (Glossary of Complementary Medicine Terms of Social Health Security - ESSALUD, p. 23).
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
Previous Indexing: Acupuncture (1966-1989)
Public MeSH Note: 90
History Note: 90
Related: Trigger Points MeSH
DeCS ID: 24506
Unique ID: D015669
NLM Classification: WB 369.5.M5
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Date Established: 1990/01/01
Date of Entry: 1989/04/07
Revision Date: 2011/06/24
Acupuncture Points - Preferred
Concept UI M0024023
Scope note Areas of an animal body with well-defined anatomical locations that, according to traditional Chinese medicine, are provided with greater sensitivity and qi flow. (Glossary of Complementary Medicine Terms of Social Health Security - ESSALUD, p. 23).
Preferred term Acupuncture Points
Entry term(s) Acupoint
Acupoints
Acupuncture Point
Point, Acupuncture
Points, Acupuncture



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