title: [Study on modern disease menu of acupuncture and moxibustion therapy in China].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze and summarize the diseases and syndromes treated by acupuncture and moxibustion.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using literature researching methods to analyze and summarize the diseases and symptoms treated clinically by acupuncture and moxibustion for observation of therapeutic effects from Chinese Biomedicine Optical Disk Database between 1978-2005, and the frequency-time (number) of reported papers for each disease and syndrome were calculated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The disease menu of acupuncture and moxibustion therapy, 461 kinds in 16 classifications were attained, including 338 diseases of western medicine, 73 symptoms of western medicine and 50 TCM syndromes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Acupuncture and moxibustion are an effective therapy with wide indications.
authors.affiliation: First Hospital Affiliated to Tianjin University of TCM, Tianjin 300193, China.
authors.forename: Yuan-hao
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Dong-wei
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Wei-hong
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Gui-ping
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xue
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Han
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Bei-li
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: Su-lin
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Jiao
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D009071:Moxibustion / Q000379:methods*