title: Current status of standardization of acupuncture and moxibustion in China.
abstract: With the wide-spread and application of acupuncture and moxibustion, the demand of its standardization construction is increasingly prominent. On the basis of further investigation into the standards of acupuncture and moxibustion in China, this article summarize the research status of Chinese standardization of acupuncture and moxibustion, analyse some problems existing in current construction of acupuncture and moxibustion standardization, and put forward several strategies for moving forward, in order to show an overall and objective understanding of acupuncture and moxibustion standardization.
authors.affiliation: Acupuncture and Moxibustion College, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No. 312, Anshan West Road, Nankai District, Tianjin, 300193, China. guoyi_168@163.com.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Z X
authors.initials: ZX
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Z L
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Guo
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000592:standards*; D002681:China; D009071:Moxibustion / Q000592:standards; D012015:Reference Standards