Exclusive: Acupuncture

New opportunities and challenges for acupuncture and moxibustion

  • JING Xianghong ,
  • ZHU Bing
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  • Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China

Received date: 2019-05-15

  Revised date: 2019-07-15

  Online published: 2019-08-27

Abstract

Acupuncture and moxibustion have become the most widely used alternative medical therapy in the world, but the international trend of acupuncture and moxibustion has also brought many challenges and opportunities to the development of acupuncture and moxibustion discipline. This paper summarizes the latest progress in the research of acupuncture and moxibustion and the challenges faced by the discipline of acupuncture and moxibustion, and systematically expounds the development opportunities brought about by the internationalization of acupuncture and moxibustion.

Cite this article

JING Xianghong , ZHU Bing . New opportunities and challenges for acupuncture and moxibustion[J]. Science & Technology Review, 2019 , 37(15) : 9 -14 . DOI: 10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2019.15.001

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