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Moxibustion, to correct a breech presentation of the fetus
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The hospital that developed the traditional knowledge, defined the procedures and carried out the study published in the important international scientific journal JAMA, is the Jiangxi Women’s Hospital in the People’s Republic of China. The referent for the clinical study is Prof. Huang Weixin.

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