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Descriptor English: Acupuncture Therapy
Descriptor Spanish: Terapia por Acupuntura
Descriptor tratamiento con acupuntura
Entry term(s) acupotomia
terapia de farmacoacupuntura
tratamiento de acupuntura
tratamiento de farmacoacupuntura
Scope note: Tratamiento de enfermedades mediante la inserción de agujas a lo largo de vías o meridianos específicos. La colocación varía según la enfermedad que se está tratando. En ocasiones se utiliza junto con calor, moxibustión, acupresión o estimulación eléctrica.
Descriptor Portuguese: Terapia por Acupuntura
Descriptor French: Thérapie par acupuncture
Entry term(s): Acupotomies
Acupotomy
Acupuncture Treatment
Acupuncture Treatments
Pharmacoacupuncture Therapy
Pharmacoacupuncture Treatment
Therapy, Acupuncture
Therapy, Pharmacoacupuncture
Treatment, Acupuncture
Treatment, Pharmacoacupuncture
Tree number(s): E02.190.044
HP3.018.069
MT3.575.741
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015670
Scope note: Treatment of disease by inserting needles along specific pathways or meridians. The placement varies with the disease being treated. It is sometimes used in conjunction with heat, moxibustion, acupressure, or electric stimulation.
Annotation: do not confuse with ACUPUNCTURE, the specialty; ACUPUNCTURE, EAR is also available
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Acupuncture (1966-1989)
Public MeSH Note: 1990
History Note: 1990
Entry Version: ACUPUNCTURE THER
Related: Acupuncture MeSH
Medicine, Chinese Traditional MeSH
DeCS ID: 24507
Unique ID: D015670
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1990/01/01
Date of Entry: 1989/04/07
Revision Date: 2017/04/28
Acupuncture Therapy - Preferred
Concept UI M0024024
Scope note Treatment of disease by inserting needles along specific pathways or meridians. The placement varies with the disease being treated. It is sometimes used in conjunction with heat, moxibustion, acupressure, or electric stimulation.
Preferred term Acupuncture Therapy
Entry term(s) Acupuncture Treatment
Acupuncture Treatments
Therapy, Acupuncture
Treatment, Acupuncture
Pharmacoacupuncture Treatment - Narrower
Concept UI M000619280
Preferred term Pharmacoacupuncture Treatment
Entry term(s) Pharmacoacupuncture Therapy
Therapy, Pharmacoacupuncture
Treatment, Pharmacoacupuncture
Acupotomy - Narrower
Concept UI M000625366
Preferred term Acupotomy
Entry term(s) Acupotomies



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