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Descriptor English: Acupuncture
Descriptor Spanish: Acupuntura
Descriptor acupuntura
Entry term(s) farmacopuntura
Scope note: Disciplina profesional de los métodos tradicionales chinos de ACUPUNTURA, para el tratamiento de enfermedades, merced a la inserción de agujas a lo largo de líneas específicas o meridianos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Acupuntura
Descriptor French: Acupuncture
Entry term(s): Pharmacopuncture
Tree number(s): H02.004
MT1.388.585.520.014
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D026881
Scope note: A form of Traditional Chinese Medicine therapy and occupational discipline based on the principle of the movement of Qi (energy) through specific channels in the body. Acupuncture involves the insertion of needles along specific meridians through which qi, the vital energy, flows. These channels have defined points (acupoints) that are biologically active, which can be acted upon by various types of stimuli to affect the circulation of Qi and thus restore health.
Annotation: use for the discipline only; do not confuse with ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Acupuncture Therapy/trends (1978-2001)
Public MeSH Note: 2002
History Note: 2002
Related: Acupuncture Therapy MeSH
DeCS ID: 36318
Unique ID: D026881
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2002/01/01
Date of Entry: 2001/07/25
Revision Date: 2016/07/05
Acupuncture - Preferred
Concept UI M0379192
Scope note A form of Traditional Chinese Medicine therapy and occupational discipline based on the principle of the movement of Qi (energy) through specific channels in the body. Acupuncture involves the insertion of needles along specific meridians through which qi, the vital energy, flows. These channels have defined points (acupoints) that are biologically active, which can be acted upon by various types of stimuli to affect the circulation of Qi and thus restore health.
Preferred term Acupuncture
Pharmacopuncture - Narrower
Concept UI M000617955
Preferred term Pharmacopuncture



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