title: [Discussion on research status of acupoints-acupuncture effect].
abstract: To analyze the status of attention on specificity of acupuncture in the study of mechanism of acupuncture-acupuncture effect. By dissecting the relationship between acupoints stimulatory method and acupoints attribute, the research approaches to the acupoint stimulatory effect based on "meridian awakening threshold" are put forward so as to explore the research strategy of acupuncture mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Acupuncture and Moxibustion College of Fujian University of TCM, Fuzhou 350108, China. bluelike1@sina.com
authors.forename: Dong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D035843:Biomedical Research; D006801:Humans; D016740:Meridians