[Brief discussion on attitude of selecting point and posture of needling].
OBJECTIVE
To promote the study on standardization of attitude of selecting point and posture of nee dling, so as to ensure safety of acupuncture and increase clinical therapeutic effect.


METHODS
Study, analyze and clinically test and verify on literature of past dynasties, and differentiate and analyze differences and significances of attitude of selecting point and posture of needling, indicate the reasonable parts of ancient and modern various theories, and relative contents should be purified, corrected in time, and put forward a proposal on the standardization.


CONCLUSIONS
Attitude of selecting point and posture of needling have close relation and have a certain difference; the experience of predecessors should be explored and systematized, and present confusion and out-of-date contents should be purified and relative standards should be established as early as possibly.
Sun
Yong-xian
YX
Shandong Provincial Qingdao Sanitarium, Shandong 266071, China. SYXYYZ1952@yahoo.com.cn
Zhang
Jing
J
Wang
Qi-fang
QF
D026881:Acupuncture; D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D003221:Confusion; D006801:Humans; D011187:Posture; D012015:Reference Standards