Commemorative Lecture Meeting for Publication of "WHO Standard Acupuncture Point Locations in the Western Pacific Region"
10.3777/jjsam.58.680
- VernacularTitle:「WHO Standard Acupuncture Point Locations in the Western Pacific Region」 発刊記念講演会報告
- Author:
Shuichi KATAI
;
Shoji SHINOHARA
;
Shunji SAKAGUCHI
;
Hisatsugu URAYAMA
;
Yasuhiro KAWAHARA
;
Toshimitsu KATORI
;
Kenji KOBAYASHI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Japan Acupuncture Point Committee;
Commemorative Lecture Meeting;
Standardization of Acupuncture Point Locations;
Acupuncture Points;
China, Korea and Japan
- From:Journal of the Japan Society of Acupuncture and Moxibustion
2008;58(4):680-683
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
The (First) Japan Acupuncture Point Committee was established in 1965 and the nomenclature for meridians and acupuncture points was standardized at the meeting in Geneva in 1989. After that the first Informal Consultation on Development of International Standard Acupuncture Points Locations was organized by WHO/WPRO and held in Beijing (2003). In Japan the (second) Japan Acupuncture Point committee started April in 2004. Japan, China and Korea held nine meetings and made a draft for the Locations of Acupuncture Points. According to the draft made at the official meeting of 'the Development of Standard Acupuncture Point Locations'held in Tsukuba, Japan (2006), Acupuncture Point Locations were further standardized. Finaly, the book "WHO Standard Acupuncture Point Locations in the Western Pacific Region"was published on May 16th, 2008. Here, we want to report on the Commemorative Lecture Meeting for Publication of WHO Standard Acupuncture Point Locations held on May 30th, 2008.
