title: [On acupuncture-moxibustion research needing dependence on clinical practice].
abstract: In this present paper, the current situation and the main features in acupuncture-moxibustion clinic are analyzed. The preliminary conclusion is that acupuncture-moxibustion research should proceed from the actual situation, take the treatment as the carrier, be scientifically designed and study in a deep-going way according to the methods of medical science for the acupuncture-moxibustion treatment with obvious clinical effect and specific action, then can get the scientific data and conclusion to illustrate the clinical problem and increase the therapeutic effect with important instruction significance for clinical practice. Clinical practice of acupuncture and moxibustion is the basis of all acupuncture-moxibustion research.
authors.affiliation: Anhui Provincial Hospital of TCM, Hefei 230031, China. yangzyun@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Hao-ran
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Chu
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D006801:Humans; D009071:Moxibustion; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'