title: Korean Pharmacopuncture Meets Austrian High- Tech Acupuncture - A Short Review Article Including a Bibliometric Analysis of Pharmacopuncture over the Last 15 Years - Pharmacopuncture and Europe.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Pharmacopuncture, a new therapy in traditional medicine, has attracted significant attention since its introduction to the Western world. This short review article employs a database analysis to examine the profile of publication activity related to pharmacopuncture.
  
  
  METHODS
  Three databases were searched: PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane. About 300 papers related to the topic "pharmacopuncture" were found in these three most-commonly-used databases.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fourteen papers are described in detail and are discussed in the context of the research performed at the Medical University of Graz, especially by the Frank Bahr Research Group "Auriculomedicine and Pharmacopuncture."
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  High-tech research methods concerning future pharmacopuncture studies are briefly discussed.
authors.affiliation: Frank Bahr Research Group "Auriculomedicine and Pharmacopuncture", Stronach Research Unit for Complementary and Integrative Laser Medicine, Research Unit of Biomedical Engineering in Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, and TCM Research Center Graz, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Litscher
authors.affiliation: Frank Bahr Research Group "Auriculomedicine and Pharmacopuncture", Stronach Research Unit for Complementary and Integrative Laser Medicine, Research Unit of Biomedical Engineering in Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, and TCM Research Center Graz, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Litscher
authors.affiliation: Korean Pharmacopuncture Institute, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Dae-In
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Kang
keywords: acupuncture point injection; aqua acupuncture; herbal acupuncture; high-tech acupuncture; pharmacopuncture; point injection