The Biological Safety of Stainless Steel Needles Used in Warm-Needling

Warm-needling (also called thermo-acupuncture) is a combination of acupuncture and moxibustion. Due to the intense heat involved, there have been concerns over the biological safety of the acuneedles used in the treatment. This paper reports two phases of a safety test. For a preliminary test, we co...

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Main Authors: Sabina Lim, Seunghun Lee, Seung-Ho Yi, Yang-Sun Son, Sung-min Choi, Young-Kon Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ecam/nen066