Acupuncture Analgesia

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Analgesia produced by the insertion of ACUPUNCTURE needles at certain ACUPUNCTURE POINTS on the body. This activates small myelinated nerve fibers in the muscle which transmit impulses to the spinal cord and then activate three centers - the spinal cord, midbrain and pituitary/hypothalamus - to produce analgesia.

Descriptor ID	D015667
MeSH Number(s)	E02.190.044.105 E03.091.048
Concept/Terms	Acupuncture Analgesia Acupuncture Analgesia Analgesia, Acupuncture Acupuncture Anesthesia Acupuncture Anesthesia Anesthesia, Acupuncture

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Acupuncture Analgesia".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Therapeutics [E02]
Complementary Therapies [E02.190]
Acupuncture Therapy [E02.190.044]
Acupuncture Analgesia [E02.190.044.105]
Anesthesia and Analgesia [E03]
Analgesia [E03.091]
Acupuncture Analgesia [E03.091.048]

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