title: [Remarks on application of acupuncture instruments in acupuncture quantification and normalization studies].
abstract: Acupuncture manipulation quantification is an important link of acupuncture normalization study. Because traditional acupuncture manipulation are complicated with difficulty of quantification, acupuncture instruments provide a new way for acupuncture manipulation quantification and acupuncture normalization. It is necessary to increase the understanding of the importance of developing acupuncture instruments, strengthen the study of related theory and development of acupuncture measurement instruments and acupuncture imitation instruments, enlarge serviceable range, verify efficacy, develop the theory of acupuncture manipulation, richen the study methods of acupuncture normalization, so as to promote internationalization of acupuncture.
authors.affiliation: First Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin University of TCM, Tianjin 300193, China. yooken@sina.com
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xiao-Nong
authors.initials: XN
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Shu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xue-Min
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Shi
mesh_terms: D026881:Acupuncture / Q000193:education; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D000818:Animals; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards