Review and Analysis of Fundamental Scientific Questions of Acupuncture and Moxibustion by Modern Scientific Approach
The essential scientific questions supporting the discipline of acupuncture and moxibustion include meridians,acupoints,needle manipulation and the mechanism of acupuncture and moxibustion in treating disease.Over the past century,scientists from multi-disciplines have explored and probed these scientific issues and drawn some valuable conclusions by adopting modern scientific research methods.The core of the meridian theory is primarily underpinned by the specific connection between the body surface and related internal organs and the regulatory effects by stimulating the acupoints.The effect of acupoint has its local,targeting and systematic characteristics attributable to neuro-endocrine-immune homeostasis regulation,which can be enabled by activating different receptors and nerve afferents using various manipulation of acupuncture and moxibustion.Those are the prominent results of the basic science of acupuncture and moxibustion by modern life science approaches,laying a solid foundation for the development of acupuncture and moxibustion.In the future,the research on basic scientific issues of acupuncture and moxibustion should be based on valuable empirical facts in clinical practice,combined with acupuncture point location,stimulation,body state and effects to explore its regulating effects and underlying mechanisms.At the same time,the regulation of human body homeostasis associated with acupuncture may provide valuable information and guidance for the development of life and health science in the future.
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