Opportunities, challenges and strategies for translational acupuncturology

Opportunities, challenges and strategies for translational acupuncturology

摘要

Recently, the basic research of acupuncture is disjointed from clinical application seriously day by day, and ad¬vance in modern medicine requires objective evidence of acupuncturology with its effectiveness. While, translational medicine builds up a bridge for basic research and clinical application, which is a prolongation of evidence-based medicine. Thus, transla¬tional Acupuncturology was born. The rise of translational medicine is a double-edged sword for the development of Acupuncturology. On the one hand, it provides an excellent opportunity for its development; on the other hand, it sets an even higher demand and challenge. It is imperative to explore and develop Translational Acupuncturology in order to make it moderniza¬tion and internationalization.