Acupuncture attenuates Common Cold
Submitted for consideration. A manual acupuncture treatment attenuates common cold and its symptoms: a case series report from South Korea Je-Sin Heo,a Su-Young Yang,a Sung-Ah Lim,b Jong-Moo Lee,a Ji-Young Kang,c Seung-Ho Sun,d Hyeong-Geug Kim,c Weechang Kang,e and Jung-Hyo Choc,* Author information Article notes Copyright and License information Disclaimer Go to: Abstract OBJECTIVE To investigate beneficial effects of manual acupuncture on common cold periods and its symptoms depended…
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