[Analysis on literature about syndrome differentiation and treatment of meridians in clinical acupuncture and moxibustion in recent 3 years].
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.
Zhou
En-Hua
EH
Guangxi TCM University, Nanning 530001, China. enhzhou@163.com
Deng
Bai-Ying
BY
Su
Sheng-Yong
SY
Li
Yang-Fan
YF
D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D002681:China; D006801:Humans; D016740:Meridians; D009071:Moxibustion