[On the needling depth of filiform needle at acupoints].
OBJECTIVE
To promote the study on standardization of needling depth of acupoints, ensure safety of needling, and promote internationally academic exchanges of acupuncture and moxibustion.


METHODS
Study, analyze ancient and present literature of acupuncture and moxibustion, and compare the differences in needling depth, measure unit, description methods, and the causes and trend, and indicate confusion at present, and put forward a proposition for establishing standardization of needling depth.


CONCLUSIONS
There are a lot of confusions in needling depth of acupoints from the ancient times to the present, which produces severe unfavorable influence on standardization and international exchanges of acupuncture and moxibustion science, and it remains to be studied for the standardization as early as possibly.
Sun
Yong-xian
YX
Shandong Province Qingdao Sanitarium, Shandong 266071, China. WQF368@sina.com.cn
Wang
Qi-fang
QF
Zhang
Jing
J
D026881:Acupuncture; D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D006801:Humans; D009071:Moxibustion; D009339:Needles