Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion 2025;45(3):375-378

doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20240925-k0004

Role of medical experience in the formulation of acupuncture-moxibustion clinical practice guidelines.

Nanqi ZHAO 1 ; Xiaodong WU 1 ; Dongxiao MU 1 ; Nan DING 1 ; Jing HU 1

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Keywords

acupuncture-moxibustion guidelines; clinical applicability; clinical value; medical experience; regimens

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

From the perspective of evidence integration and utilization in guidelines, based on the carrier variety, medical experience is composed of the literature on the practical experience of medical scholars recorded in the ancient and modern time, and the individual opinions in the expert consensus. These two types of carrier for medical experience play the different roles in the key steps during formulating the acupuncture-moxibustion guidelines. Three values are summarized, named being conductive to centering the key clinical questions and strongly representing these questions; being used as a basis to judge the clinical applicability of the recommended regimens; and facilitating the recommendation.