Analysis And Evaluation Of SCI Literature On Acupuncture Treatment Of Painful Diseases In The Past Five Years

Purpose:To combined all the information on SCI magazine about how TCM is being used to all kind of pain diseases as a reference from the past5years (2007-2011). Use this to analyze the special method and feature about how the acupuncture was being used on the clinical way to cure the pain overseas.Method:Use web of science pub med to retrieve all the articles and papers on SCI magazine that related to how acupuncture being used on the clinical way for the past5years2007-2011). Then use this reference to have a thorough analysis.Result:1. In SCI magazine articles, we found279articles that can relate to25different kind of pain. After narrowing down the specific ones, there were80articles that we found useful for17different kind of pain treatment.2. In these articles, traditional dialectical theory of governance was not being used for the acupoints being selected.3. In SCI magazine, they compared with the result of using fake needles to cure the pain. As the result, there weren't much difference between fake needles and real needles.4. In SCI magazine research, they focused more on acupuncture more than moxibustion for curing the pain.Conclusion:Due to the difference between eastern and western medicine, it could be harder for the western people to cover all the knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine, which can result lack of essence of acupuncture. In the SCI articles, using fake needles as the comparison can't emphasize the benefit of for acupuncture; therefore, we can say that fake needles aren't the preference when it comes to traditional acupuncture.