title: [New merge of knowledge of the acu-moxibustion academic in the Republican period].
abstract: During the republican period, western science and technology as well as western medicine spread quickly in China, and inevitably had a profound influence on the academic of acu-moxibustion. The confluence of Chinese and western medicine with the scientification of acu-moxibustion had left an obvious mark on the academic of acu-moxibustion. No matter whether the theory involves science of channels and collaterals, acupoints and methods of needling and moxibustion or the improvement of acu-moxibustion apparatus and new therpy methods, all carrying remarkable characteristic of new merge of knowledge, and providing solid foundation and valuable reference for the development of contemporary academic of acu-moxibustion.
authors.affiliation: China Institute for History of Medicine and Medical Literature, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China.
authors.forename: Le
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.affiliation: China Institute for History of Medicine and Medical Literature, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China.
authors.forename: Jianping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D049673:History, 20th Century; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000266:history*; D009071:Moxibustion / Q000266:history*