Acupuncture

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Across
  1. 2. commonly used for nausea and vomiting (PC6) — NEIGUAN
  2. 5. therapeutic modality category — ALTERNATIVE
  3. 8. technique using electrical current through needles — ELECTROACUPUNCTURE
  4. 10. energy concept central to acupuncture theory — QI
  5. 13. principle describing balance of opposing forces — YINYANG
  6. 14. area during pregnancy (certain points) — ABDOMEN
  7. 17. mechanism involving endogenous opioid release — ENDORPHINS
  8. 18. technique requirement to prevent this — INFECTION
  9. 19. felt by patient (aching/heaviness) during needling — DEQI
  10. 20. needling technique depending on anatomy — INSERTION
Down
  1. 1. complication causing fainting — VASOVAGAL
  2. 3. stomach meridian point below knee (ST36) — ZUSANLI
  3. 4. insertion causing localized muscle twitch response — TRIGGERPOINT
  4. 6. explanation involving spinal cord pain gating — GATECONTROL
  5. 7. organ system associated with emotional regulation (anger) — LIVER
  6. 9. therapy using dried mugwort — MOXIBUSTION
  7. 11. of medicine studying pain relief via nerve signals — NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
  8. 12. point located between thumb and index finger (LI4) — HEGU
  9. 15. of channels linking internal organs to body surface — MERIDIANS
  10. 16. hypothesis explaining acupuncture via nerve pathways — NEUROMODULATION