Notes for Clinical Use of Extra Acupoints-Juniper Publishers

Pattern identification is the key concept of the traditional Chinese Medicine theories, which unfortunately cannot apply to extra acupoints for the lack of Yin-Yang. The recent studies suggest that extra acupoints selected in combination with traditional acupoints on the traditional fourteen meridians for anesthesia in surgical operation are marking the beginning of a new chapter and indicate more and more extra acupoints will be discovered.

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