The indications of acupuncture-moxibustion in China state-compiled textbooks.
10.13703/j.0255-2930.2017.03.034
- Author:
Weijuan GANG
1
;
Xiaodong WU
1
;
Fang WANG
1
;
Xin WANG
1
Author Information
1. Institute of Acupuncture-Moxibustion, China Acade-my of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
acupuncture-moxibustion;
indications;
textbook
- From:
Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion
2017;37(3):339-342
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Theandhave been the state-compiled textbooks of acupuncture-moxibustion in colleges and universities of TCM for nearly more than half a century, which play a regulating and guiding role for acupuncture education and to a certain extent represent the development status of this discipline. The indications included infrom 1th edition to 7th edition andfrom 1th edition to 3rd edition were analyzed in this study, which was aimed to basically reflect the current situation of acupuncture indications. As a result, it was found the inheritance and innovation of indications were both reflected in each edition of textbooks, 1/3 of which occurred repeatedly in more than half of the textbooks, and 1/3 of which occurred only once. The indications were classified by internal medicine, surgery, gynecology, dermatology, orthopedics, etc., which were not consistent with system classification of modern medicine such as digestive system, respiratory system, etc. The indications were mainly named after TCM disease names, involving only several names of western medicine diseases, which were contradicted to the names adopted from journals and literature. This inconformity of classification method and naming method between TCM and western medicine was not only a difficulty for modern acupuncture and moxibustion, but also an essential factor to hinder the development of acupuncture, therefore comparative study was needed in the future.
