title: [Analysis on literature about syndrome differentiation and treatment of meridians in clinical acupuncture and moxibustion in recent 3 years].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To understand clinical application of syndrome differentiation and treatment of meridians in acupuncture and moxibustion.
  
  
  METHODS
  Collect and collate the literature about syndrome differentiation and treatment of meridians in Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion, Acupuncture Research, Shanghai Journal of Acupuncture & Moxibustion (Clinic edition B in 2003) and Clinical Journal of Acupuncture and Moxibustion from 2001 to 2003.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Less literature about syndrome differentiation and treatment of meridians are involved, only accounting for 5.69% (163/2 864); and the literature about both treatment based on meridians and treatment based on syndrome differentiation of meridians only accounted for 1.22% (35/2 864).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  At present, clinically acupuncture and moxibustion do not play attention to treatment based on syndrome differentiation of meridians.
authors.affiliation: Guangxi TCM University, Nanning 530001, China. enhzhou@163.com
authors.forename: En-Hua
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Bai-Ying
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Sheng-Yong
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Yang-Fan
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D002681:China; D006801:Humans; D016740:Meridians; D009071:Moxibustion