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Somatosympathetic reflex and acupuncture-related analgesia.

[Clinical observation on the effect of acupuncture-assisted anesthesia for 40 cases of mixed hemorrhoids surgery].

[Effects of electroacupuncture at different acupoints on the pain behavior and NMDA receptor 2 B subunit mRNA and protein expression and phosphorylation level in the cervical spinal cord in rats with thyroid regional pain].

[Analysis on the superiority of compound acupuncture anesthesia for thyroid ablation].

[Evaluation on analgesic effect of electroacupuncture combined with acupoint-injection in treating lumbar intervertebral disc herniation].

Acupuncture for pain.

[Effect of needling Housanli (ST 36) with different retaining-needle time on the pain threshold of mice using the hot water tail-flick test].

[Clinical observation on therapeutic effect and instant analgestic effect of inhibitory-needling at Ashi point as major point for treatment of piriformis syndrome].

Hooked on a feeling. This is your brain on a placebo.

[Relationship between laser acupuncture analgesia and the function of mast cells].

Expectancy and treatment interactions: A dissociation between acupuncture analgesia and expectancy evoked placebo analgesia

Acupuncture for low back pain: interpretive leaps of faith. Re: Yuan J, Purepong N, Kerr DP, et al. Effectiveness of acupuncture for low back pain. A systematic review. Spine 2008;33:23:E887-900.

Yuan J, Purepong N, Kerr DP, et al. Effectiveness of acupuncture for low back pain. A systematic review. Spine 2008;33:E887-E900.

[Acupuncture. Basics, practice, and evidence].

[Effects of acupoint-nerve block on mast cell activity, manual acupuncture- and electroacupuncture-induced analgesia in adjuvant arthritis rats]

First report of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus septic arthritis complicating acupuncture: simple procedure resulting in most devastating outcome.

First report of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus septic arthritis complicating acupuncture: simple procedure resulting in most devastating outcome

Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles.

[Analgesic effect of acupuncture compound anesthesia for patients of different pain thresholds].

Dry needling and exercise for chronic whiplash - a randomised controlled trial.