title: [The role of acupuncture and moxibustion in organized medicine of pain].
abstract: The literature on acupuncture-moxibustion and acupuncture-moxibustion combined with other therapies for all kinds of pain as well as organized medicine of pain in recent ten years are analyzed. It is found out that application of single acupuncture-moxibustion has positive effect on most of pain, while acupuncture-moxibustion combined with other therapies could improve the efficacy in a certain extent. The organized medical model of pain, by integration of clinical paths and optimization of medical methods, could achieve best effect on pain. With acupuncture-moxibustion joining in the organized medical model of pain, the analgesia effect could be enhanced, medical cost decreased and patient's life quality improved. The suitable disease, clinical path, action function and mechanism need further evidence-based research.
authors: Second Clinic Medical School of Nanjing University of TCM, Nanjing 210009, Jiangsu Province, China. roycezhu@126.com
authors: Hui-Jun
authors: HJ
authors: Zhu
authors: Gang-Qi
authors: GQ
authors: Fan
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D006801:Humans; D009071:Moxibustion; D059408:Pain Management