A Study on Acupressure Points Online Database
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چکیده
Acupuncture points or acupressure points have been popularly used for thousands years for Chinese to cure various illness or pains. The method comes with less or no side effects, comparing the western medicine chemicals. With the new computer information technologies, the ancient Chinese healing tool could be very convenient for us to take care of ourselves at home or work. In this paper, we present our online database system for locating the acupressure points. A case study shows the details of the design and structure of the online system.
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تاریخ انتشار 2011