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Innovations in acumoxa: accupunture analgesia, scalp and ear acupuncture in the People's Republic of China
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This paper examines three 'innovations in acumoxa' (zhenjiu) that were promulgated by the Chinese government during the Maoist periods of the Great Leap Forward (1958-61) and the Cultural Revolution (1966-76): acupuncture analgesia (zhenjiu mazui), scalp acupuncture (touzhen) and ear acupuncture (erzhen). They all bear features of Chinese and Western medical practice, a characteristic which has been exploited in Chinese politics of health. On the one hand, the innovations have been promoted f...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Swiss National Foundation
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Wenner Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
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- Publisher:
- Pergamon Press Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Social Science & Medicine Journal website
- Volume:
- 42
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 421-430
- Publication date:
- 1996-02-01
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- ISSN:
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0277-9536
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- English
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- ora:2718
- Deposit date:
- 2009-03-24
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- Elsevier Science Ltd
- Copyright date:
- 1996
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- The full-text of this article is not available in ORA, but you may be able to access the article by clicking on 'Resolve this DOI' or via the publisher copy link on this record page. Dr Hsu is now based at the Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford.
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