Abstract:

Many excellent works in the basic research field of acupuncture and moxibustion have been published in international top academic journals in recent years, which have attracted extensive attention from the academic community. Hot spots and frontier progress of basic research on acupuncture and moxibustion in the past decade were reviewed from four research fields, including acupoint sensitization, acupoint specificity, acupuncture analgesic effect and meridian phenomenon.Research on acupoint sensitization has made progress, and the central mechanism and dose effect relationship are worth exploring. Research on meridian point specificity is gradually deepening, and the local and central " anatomical" specificity of meridian points and the central loop of acupuncture neuro-immune effect need to be revealed.Research on the mechanism of peripheral and central effect of acupuncture analgesia is broadening, and the clear interaction of multiple factors may reveal the deep mechanism. The understanding of meridian phenomenon has not reached a consensus, and the organic combination of functional and structural research is the focus of future research.It intends to provide reference and support for the future development of the discipline of acupuncture and moxibustion by sorting out the progress of basic acupuncture research in the past decade.

Key words: Acupuncture-moxibustion, Mechanism research, Meridians