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Korean hand acupuncture

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acupuncture /acu·punc·ture/ (-punk″cher) a traditional Chinese practice of piercing specific areas of the body (acupoints) along peripheral nerves with fine needles to relieve pain, to induce surgical anesthesia, and for therapeutic purposes. Other means of stimulating the acupoints, including lasers, ultrasound, and electricity, may also be used.
Korean hand acupuncture  a type in which the hand is considered to be a representation of the entire body, and stimulation of specific points on the hand is used to obtain effects in distant areas of the body.

Korean hand acupuncture,
a system of acupuncture in which the hand is considered to be a representation of the entire body and stimulation of specific points on the hand is used to obtain effects in distant areas of the body.


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