acupuncture

Converse of object

• tattoo: By tattooing, acupuncture, or piercing if improper procedures are used.
• practice: The authors believe that practicing acupuncture from a firm base in conventional medicine is likely to give the greatest benefit to patients.
• conclude: Based on a vote counting exercise, five trials concluded that acupuncture was effective and eight did not.
• compare: A recent edition of the British Medical Journal has a report of a trial of acupuncture compared with conventional therapy.

Preposition: for

• headache: An RCT on acupuncture for headache - what next?
• pain: The second bottom line is that the use of acupuncture for chronic pain is unsupported by any evidence of quality.

Adjective modifier

• auricular: Our complimentary therapies include auricular acupuncture, sleepy teas, massage, relaxation classes.
• sham: For the comparison of traditional with sham acupuncture, relative cortisol values were used.
• Chinese: German researchers treated almost 900 patients with either standard drugs, traditional Chinese acupuncture or " fake " acupuncture.
• veterinary: In the UK now, there are dozens of vets trained in veterinary acupuncture.
• traditional: I am pleased to make my base the college of Traditional Acupuncture with their totally professional approach to Holistic Therapies.

Modifies a noun

• meridian: TAT links the acupuncture meridians with the vision centers to change our point of view about problems in our lives.
• analgesia: Furthermore both the effects and the mechanism of acupuncture analgesia are exciting subjects for research.
• treatment: The third group had no acupuncture treatment at all.
• point: Eastern science has always believed the body is made of energy systems, which include the acupuncture points.
• clinic: I now run an acupuncture clinic part-time from home.
• practitioner: We also provide a top-up course for acupuncture practitioners wishing to upgrade their Lic Ac to degree level.

Noun used with modifier

• electro: The Vega Test: The Vega machine originated from electro acupuncture and is based on bio-energetic medicine.
• ear: My project is a free ear acupuncture drop-in clinic in London for people living with Hepatitis C, a chronic liver disease.
• laser: The smallest tip is 3.5 mm in diameter and is used mainly for laser acupuncture and irradiation of trigger points.