Positive evidence for P6 acupuncture antiemesis.
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Positive evidence for P6 acupuncture antiemesis.
An antiemetic action is claimed among other uses for acupuncture (ACP), and several antiemetic ACP points are described in textbooks. The most accessible of these is P6, so called because it is on the pericardial meridian. This is also known as Neiguan (Nei-kuan) or G-Jo point no. 10, and the simplest description of locating it is the width of two thumbs above the distal crease on the inner wri...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.67.787.417