Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 149-152 , December 2008

Patterns of Acupuncture Practice and Acupoint Usage in Brazil: The Fortaleza Experience

  • Sergio Botelho Guimarães

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor of Surgery, Head, Medical Acupuncture Division and Surgical Research Laboratory (LABCEX), Universidade Federal do Ceard (UFC), Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Associate Professor of Surgery, Head, Medical Acupuncture Division and Surgical Research Laboratory (LABCEX), Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Brazil
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  • Agamenon Honorio da Silva

      Affiliations

    • Attending physician, acupuncture specialist, Posto de Saúde Meireles, Brazilian Health System (SUS), Fortaleza, Brazil
    • Post-Graduate Fellow (Master's Degree, UFC) and attending physician, acupuncture specialist, Posto de Saúde Meireles, Brazilian Health System (SUS), Fortaleza, Brazil
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  • Jorge Montenegro Braga

      Affiliations

    • Attending physician, acupuncture specialist, Posto de Saúde Meireles, Brazilian Health System (SUS), Fortaleza, Brazil

Received 25 April 2008 ,Accepted 9 October 2008.

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    Chart showing the 30 most commonly used acupoints in 100 patients treated at The Meireles Acupuncture Outpatient Clinic, Fortaleza, Brazil. Numbers on top of the bars represent percentages of used acu

    Chart showing the 30 most commonly used acupoints in 100 patients treated at The Meireles Acupuncture Outpatient Clinic, Fortaleza, Brazil. Numbers on top of the bars represent percentages of used acupoints.

PII: S2005-2901(09)60036-4

doi: 10.1016/S2005-2901(09)60036-4

Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 149-152 , December 2008

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