title: [Metrological analysis and evaluation of the acupuncture-moxibustion spectrum of digestive system diseases in modern literature].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To review the literature from 1954-2005 on acupuncture-moxibustion treatment of digestive system diseases and objectively reflect the acupuncture-moxibustion spectrum of digestive system diseases by literature metrology and assessment, so as to better exert the advantages of acupuncture-moxibustion medicine.
  
  
  METHODS
  A statistical analysis was made by the method of metrological analysis according to the data from "China modern acupuncture-moxibustion information databank".
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The acupuncture-moxibustion spectrum of digestive system diseases of 91 kinds include 11 kinds of medical records; the effective diseases of acupuncture and moxibustion include hiccup, abdominal pain, diarrhea, constipation, vomiting, intestinal pseudo-obstruction, hemorrhoids. The determination of the disease spectrum of acupuncture and moxibustion needs further study.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Research Institute of Acupuncture & Meridians, Shanghai 200030, China. hqftcm@163.com
authors.forename: Huang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Qin-Feng
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D004066:Digestive System Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009071:Moxibustion