Shanghai Journal of Acupuncture and Moxibustion 2017;36(9):1147-1151

doi:10.13460/j.issn.1005-0957.2017.09.1147

Brief Analysis of the Urgent Academic Conundrums in Acupuncture-moxibustion and the Digital Development in the Time of Internet Plus

ling Ling CHEN 1 ; Chen ZHANG ; Wen ZENG ; fa Shi LIU

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Keywords

Acupuncture-moxibustion digitization; Meridian; Virtual human; Internet; Databases (TCM)

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

By briefly sorting out the urgent academic conundrums in acupuncture-moxibustion and the bottlenecks during its development in the time of internet plus, this article analyzed the historical background, forecasted the development orientation, and summarized the significance of the digitization of acupuncture-moxibustion: to promote the education of acupuncture-moxibustion major; to conform to needs of culture and knowledge popularization of traditional Chinese medicine; to protect and excavate the traditional knowledge of Chinese medicine; to promote the international communication of acupuncture-moxibustion, and implement the "One Belt, One Road" proposition.