title: [Advances in clinical and mechanism studies of acupuncture and moxibustion for treatment of depression].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To introduce clinical and mechanism studies about treatment of depression by acupuncture and moxibustion in recent years.
  
  
  METHODS
  Review was made from clinical controls, mechanism studies and animal experiments.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Acupuncture and moxibustion have definite therapeutic effect on depression, with less adverse effects, but some problems in clinical and mechanism studies remain to be resolved.
authors.affiliation: The First Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin College of TCM, Tianjin 300193, China. icdcqzy@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Kun
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Ke-jie
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Duan
mesh_terms: D026881:Acupuncture; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D003863:Depression / Q000628:therapy; D003866:Depressive Disorder; D006801:Humans; D009071:Moxibustion; D016896:Treatment Outcome