[Application of physical technology in the research of acupuncture and moxibustion]

Zhen Ci Yan Jiu. 2021 Jun 25;46(6):518-22. doi: 10.13702/j.1000-0607.20210167.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Multidisciplinary intersection has gradually become a major source of scientific and technological innovation at present. But, how to leap over the discipline of acupuncture and moxibustion to promote the development of it is still a bottleneck problem. In the paper, based on the application of physical technology in acupuncture-moxibustion research, regarding the integration of traditional acupuncture and moxibustion with electrics, optics, acoustics and magnetics, the significance of it in theoretic study has been reviewed, as well as the current situation of its clinical application. It is anticipated to provide the ideas for the reform and development of acupuncture and moxibustion and the combination and innovation of acupuncture-moxibustion with other disciplines.

目前,学科交叉已悄然成为科技创新的一个主要源泉,如何跨越针灸学科促进针灸发展仍然是一个瓶颈问题。文章基于物理学技术在针灸学研究中的应用综述了传统针灸与电、光、声、磁结合在理论研究中的重要意义及其在临床中的应用现状,以期为针灸的改革和发展,为针灸与其他学科更好的结合创新提供思路。.

Keywords: Acupuncture and moxibustion; Combination of medicine and engineering; Physics.

MeSH terms

  • Acupuncture Therapy*
  • Acupuncture*
  • Moxibustion*
  • Technology