title: [Primary anylasis on the methodology and strategies for studying mechanisms of acu-moxibustion by using metabonomics].
abstract: Metabonomics is a newly emerging modern technology in the Post-genome era and has been being used widely in the study on modern Chinese medicine. But it have been rarely used in the study on acupuncture therapy. In the present paper, the authors introduce the unique advantages of metabonomics in the systemtic biology and its widespread studying basis in the field of modern Chinese medicine. Metabonomics and Chinese medicine including acupuncturology are of some similar characteristics such as entirety, comprehensiveness and dynamic changes. Moreover, the authors make a primary discussion and strategic analysis on the key issues of researches about sham acupuncture, chrono-acupuncture, mechanisms of acu-moxibustion underlying improvement of clinical severe disorders and various indications problems, regularities of combination of acupoints in different recipes, etc. by using metabonomics.
authors.affiliation: School of Acu-moxibustion and Massage, Chengdu University of Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 610075, China. aliae192002@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Xu-guang
authors.initials: XG
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xian-zhong
authors.initials: XZ
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Shu-guang
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Qiao-feng
authors.initials: QF
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Huai-bin
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Fan-rang
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Liang
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D035843:Biomedical Research; D006801:Humans; D055432:Metabolomics; D009071:Moxibustion