title: [Acupuncture in Thailand].
abstract: The article introduces the developing history of acupuncture-moxibustion in Thailand. Acupuncture-moxibustion has a long history in Thailand. Although its development with many twists and turns, it has always been popular among Thai. It is adopted by many private clinics, pharmacies and general hospitals nowadays. And there also exists 2 specialized hospitals of Chinese medicine. Undergraduate education has already been carried on by 2 colleges of Chinese medicine in Thailand through cooperation with Chinese universities of TCM. And departments of Chinese medicine have been set up in many comprehensive universities with the help of the Chinese side. Short-term training courses on acupuncture-moxibustion for biomedicine doctors have also been held by the Health Ministry of Thailand. Acupuncture now is undergoing a rapidly extension in Thailand. However, there are still a lot of problems crying out for solutions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Acupuncture-Moxibustion, Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of TCM, Shanghai 200032, China.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Ren
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D026881:Acupuncture / Q000193:education; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D006801:Humans; D013785:Thailand