acupuncture
针灸,针砭,针刺,针灸学
Definitions
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- : a Chinese medical practice or procedure that treats illness or provides local anesthesia by the insertion of needles at specified sites of the body.
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ac·u·punc·tured, ac·u·punc·tur·ing.
- : to perform acupuncture on.
Examples
When given later, the team found that acupuncture actually boosted inflammation levels and drastically reduced the mice’s chance of survival.
It’s hard to say how these results translate to traditional acupuncture, which doesn’t have the electrical stimulation aspect.
They suggest acupuncture and counseling to work on these deeper issues.
Acupuncture increases fertility: Probably false, but unknown.
Stories abound online of women who tried acupuncture and finally got pregnant.
Most recently I tried acupuncture, Chinese herbs, raw apple cider vinegar, and chamomile tea.
Eventually, I got some relief from expensive acupuncture appointments.
Acupuncture, ak-ū-pungkt′ūr, n. an operation for relieving pain by puncturing the flesh with needles.
Chinatown—Interesting Chinese businesses from herb shops to acupuncture clinics.
Besides composing some mediocre poetry, Yang Hsiung wrote on acupuncture, music, and philology.
Needling or acupuncture consists in piercing the nerve at intervals in the buttock and thigh with long steel needles.
It borrowed acupuncture and the moxa from the Japanese heathen, and was taught the use of lobelia by the American savage.