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Following a period of rejection of acupuncture by orthodox practitioners of medicine, there has been a steady stream of research supporting the fact that there is a significant effect on physiological mechanisms controlling pain when acupoints are stimulated.
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Bensoussan, A. (1991) The Vital Meridian, Churchill Livingstone, Melbourne, London, Edinburgh and New York.
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Ellis, N. (1994). Current theories of the physiological effects of acupuncture. In: Acupuncture in Clinical Practice. Therapy in Practice Series, vol 43. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-4545-7_7
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