title: [Analysis on literature of acupuncture and moxibustion treatment of intractable eye diseases].
abstract: Acupuncture and moxibustion treatment has good therapeutic effects on the intractable eye diseases including pigmentary degeneration of retina, macular degeneration, glaucoma and optic atrophy, etc. This paper reviews acupuncture and moxibustion treatment of these diseases from selection of acupoints, treatment methods, effectiveness and mechanism studies, and raises the problems in existence and the prospect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Longhua Hospital, Shanghai TCM University, Shanghai 200032, China. sunshine21xu@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Si-Wei
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zong
authors.forename: Ren
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhang