Author : WHO Scientific Group on International Acupuncture Nomenclature
Release : 1991-01-01
Genre : Acupuncture
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A Proposed Standard International Acupuncture Nomenclature - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Proposed Standard International Acupuncture Nomenclature write by WHO Scientific Group on International Acupuncture Nomenclature. This book was released on 1991-01-01. A Proposed Standard International Acupuncture Nomenclature available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. With the unprecedented expansion of interest in acupuncture around the world, the need for a standard international nomenclature has become increasingly apparent. Practitioners and researchers every-where must speak a common language as they attempt to ascertain the clinical benefits of acupuncture and elucidate the underlying physiological mechanisms. This report records the consensus reached by a Who Scientific Group on a standard international acupunture nomenclature which met in Geneva from 30 October to 3 November 1989. Building on the proposals of expert meetings organized by the Who Regional Office for the Western Pacific since 1981, the Scientific Group agreed that the standard international nomenclature should comprise an alphanumeric code as well as the Han character names of meridians and acupuncture points, along with their transliterations into the Chinese phonetic alphabet (Pinyin) and their English translations. The experts went on to propose standard nomenclature for the 14 main meridians, the 361 classical acupuncture points, the 8 extra meridians and the 48 extra points, and for scalp acupuncture lines.