ZHANG Dongshu, HUANG Feng, HE Weiming, et al. Review of the Research Projects on Acupuncture and Moxibustion Supported by Natural Science Foundation of China during the Twelfth Five-year Plan[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2017, 58(4): 271-275.
ZHANG Dongshu, HUANG Feng, HE Weiming, et al. Review of the Research Projects on Acupuncture and Moxibustion Supported by Natural Science Foundation of China during the Twelfth Five-year Plan[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2017, 58(4): 271-275.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2017.04.001.
This article reviews and analyzes the research projects on acupuncture and moxibustion applied for and sponsored by Natural Science Foundation Committee during the 12 th Five-year Plan. It discusses the directions and features of those studies from 5 fields: channel research
acupoint research
mechanism of action for acupuncture and moxibustion
acupuncture and moxibustion technique
and clinical studies of acupuncture and moxibustion. It introduces the applications for the general programs
youth programs and regional programs
numbers of sponsored programs
as well as funding amounts during the 5 years. The article also summarizes the distribution of supported organizations
and discusses the features and problems in the sponsored acupuncture and moxibustion research programs.