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"ELECTROACUPUNCTURE" is a common misspelling or typo for: electro-acupuncture.

Specialty Definition: ELECTROACUPUNCTURE

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Health1: A variation of traditional acupuncture treatment in which acupuncture or needle points are stimulated electronically. (references)
 2: A form of acupuncture using low frequency electrically stimulated needles to produce analgesia and anesthesia and to treat disease. (references)
ReligionA procedure in which pulses of weak electrical current are sent through acupuncture needles into acupuncture points in the skin. This procedure is being studied in the prevention of nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing chemotherapy. (references)
WikipedicElectroacupuncture, also known as electroacupuncture according to Voll (EAV), electrodermal screening (EDS), bioelectric functions diagnosis (BFD), bio resonance therapy (BRT), or bio-energy regulatory technique (BER), is a controversial alternative medicine method of using electrodiagnostic devices to diagnose and treat “energy imbalance” often using homeopathic products, first used by Reinhold Voll by combining acupuncture with galvanometer in 1958. It is not used in conventional medical treatments. (references)

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