Development and clinical application of a precise temperature-control device as an alternate for conventional moxibustion therapy.

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Published in Evid Based Complement Alternat Med on June 15, 2012

Authors

Shin Takayama1, Shigeru Takashima, Junnosuke Okajima, Masashi Watanabe, Tetsuharu Kamiya, Takashi Seki, Miyako Yamasaki, Nobuo Yaegashi, Tomoyuki Yambe, Shigenao Maruyama

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Traditional Asian Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8575, Japan.

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