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Books used in the preparation of this website:

Birch SJ; Felt RL. Understanding Acupuncture.  Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1999. 

Chaitow L. The Acupuncture Treatment of Pain.  Rochester, VT: Healing  Arts  Press, 1990. 

Filshie J; White AR (eds).  Medical Acupuncture: A western scientific approach.  Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1998. 

Helms JM. Acupuncture Energetics: A clinical approach for physicians. Berkeley, CA: Medical Acupuncture Publishers, 1995. 

Matsumoto T. Acupuncture for Physicians.  Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas Publishing, 1974. 

Shandong College of Traditional Chinese Medicine.  Anatomical Atlas of Chinese Acupuncture Points. Elmsford, NY:  Pergamon Press, 1982. 

Sivin N. Traditional Medicine in Contemporary China.  Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, Center for Chinese Studies, 1987. 

Stux G; Pomeranz B. Acupuncture: A textbook and atlas. Berlin: Springer-Verlas, 1987. 

Veith I. The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine.  Baltimore, MD: Williams and Wilkins, 1949. 

Wensel LO. Acupuncture in Medical Practice.  Reston, VA: Reston Publishing Co., 1980

Yanchi L.  The Essential Book of Traditional Chinese Medicine.  New York: Columbia University Press, 1988.


 

Articles used in the preparation of this website:

Ahn, AC; Colbert, AP; Anderson, BJ; et al.  Electrical properties of acupuncture points and meridians: a systematic review. Bioelectromagnetics.  2008 May; 29(4): 245-56.

Ernst E; White AR. Acupuncture for Back Pain. Arch Intern Med 1998 Nov     9; 158: 2235-2241. 

Ezzo, Jeanette; Berman.B; Hadhazu, V; Jadad, A.R.;Lao, L; Singh, B. Is Acupuncture Effective for The Treatment of Chronic Pain?. Pain. 1 June 2000. 86(3): 217-225.

Jenerick HP, Ed. NIH Proceedings: Acupuncture Research Conference.  Bethesda, MD: DWEH publication #74-165, 1973. 

Kaptchuck, Ted S. Acupuncture: Theory, Efficacy, and Practice. Annals of Internal Medicine 2002 March 5; 136(5): 374-383.

Lee PK; Anderson TW; Modell JH; Saga SA. Treatment of Chronic Pain with Acupuncture. JAMA 1975 Jun 16; 232(11): 1133-5. 

Lee, MS; Jeong, SY; Lee, YH; et al. "Differences in electrical conduction properties between meridians and non-meridians."  American Journal of Chinese Medicine.  2005; 33(5): 723-8.

MacPherson, Hugh; Nityamo Sinclair-Lian; Kate Thomas. Patients Seeking Care from Acupuncture Practitioners in the UK: A national Survey. Complementary Therapies in Medicine. 2006 March 1. 14(1): 20-30.

Mendelson G; Selwood TS; Kranz H; Kidson MA; Scott DS. Acupuncture  Treatment of Chronic Back Pain. Am J Med 1983 Jan; 74: 49-55. 

Ming-Ting Wu, MD, Jen-Chen Hsieh, MD,PhD, et al. Central Nervous Pathway for Acupuncture Stimulation: Localization of processing with Functional MR Imaging of the Brain- Preliminary Experience. Radiology 1999;212:133-141.

NIH Consensus Conference. JAMA 1998 Nov 4; 280(17): 1518-24. 

Patel M; Gutzwiller F; Paccaud F; Marazzi A. A Meta-Analysis of Acupuncture for Chronic Pain. Int J Epidemiol 1989 Dec; 18(4): 900-6. 

Pearson, S; Colbert, AP, McNames, J; et al.  "Electrical skin impedance at acupuncture points." Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine.  2007 May; 13(4): 409-18. 

Roberts J, Moore D. Mapping the evidence base and use of acupuncture within the NHS. Report No. 59. Birmingham: West Midlands Health Technology Assessment Collaboration, Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham (WMHTAC), 2006.

Ter Riet G; Kleijnen J; Knipschild P. Acupuncture and Chronic Pain: a criteria-based meta-analysis. J Clin Epidemiol 1990; 43(11): 1191-9. 

Van Tulder MW; Cherkin DC; Berman B; Lao L; Koes BW. The Effectiveness of Acupuncture in the Management of Acute and  Chronic Low Back Pain. A systematic review within the framework of the Cochrane Collaboration Back Review Group. Spine 1999 Jun 1; 24(11): 1113-23.

White, Adrian; Simon Hayhoe; Anna Hart; Edward Ernst. Adverse Events Following Acupuncture: Prospective Survey of 32,000 Consultations with Doctors and Physiotherapists. BMJ 2001; 323: 485-486.


Websites used in the preparation of this site:

www.acupuncture.com  (Acupuncture.com)

www.medical-acupunctur.co.uk/  (British Medical Acupuncture Society)

www.medicalacupuncture.org/  (American Academy of Acupuncture)

www.demon.co.uk/acupuncture  (Foundation for Trad. Chinese Medicine)

www.healthynet/library/books/acupuncture/ACUPUN3.htm

www.acupuncture.edu

www.itmonline.org/ arts/electro.htm

http://www.qi-journal.com/AcuPoints/acupuncture.html

http://health.indiamart.com/accupuncture/working-accupuncture.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/24206/acupuncture.html

http://www.who.int/medicinedocs/en/d/Js4926e/5.html

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