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...
Main Authors: | , , , , , |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2010-01-01
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Series: | Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ecam/nen066 |