title: [Quality control on acupuncture treatment].
abstract: The theory and practice of acupuncture treatment are explored and summarized in this article from the viewpoint of clinical practice. And three major principles of quality control on acupuncture treatment is put forward, namely intensive control according to individuals, which divides patients into six categories based on their body constitutions of extreme sensitive, super sensitive, sensitive, normal, dull and super dull; intensive control according to diseases, which adjusts the intensive of acupuncture treatment according to diseases, stage of diseases and progress of diseases; and intensive control according to practitioners, which regulates acupuncture intensive according to techniques of practitioners, opportunities of treatment (season, temperature and condition of the patients, etc.) as well as treating methods. And it is concluded that appropriate intensive is the key point for the best therapeutic effect of acupuncture treatment.
authors.affiliation: Acupuncture and Moxibustion Department, The Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of TCM, Jinan 250011, China. hsw509@163.com
authors.forename: Shu-Wei
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Hou
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D011786:Quality Control