子午流注针法的实验研究评述

Review of experimental studies on midnight-noon ebb-fl ow acupuncture

文章评述了子午流注针法的实验研究进展。检索中国期刊全文数据库、万方数据库和维普中文科技期刊数据库(1957年8月-2013年1月),自上个世纪50年代以来,国内已发表有关子午流注针法的实验研究文献233篇,大致可以分为子午流注具体开穴方法的实验验证(91篇)、观察不同时辰的针灸效应(72篇)和观察节律不同时相针灸不同穴位对节律的不同影响(70篇)3个主要方面,但有关研究尚未能进一步深入,特别是在研究思路和研究方法上,仍有一些问题需要解决。文章阐述了子午流注针法实验研究的科学价值和研究意义,全面评析和讨论了以往研究所取得的成果和存在的不足之处,并且指出,借鉴时间生物学和时间医学的研究方法,应用现代科学技术,发掘传统子午流注理论的科学实质,是子午流注针法实验研究的基本思路,其结果必将极大地促进针灸学的发展。

The progress in the experimental studies of midnight-noon ebb-flow acupuncture therapy was comprehensively and systematically reviewed in this paper. Searching CNKI, Wanfang databases and VIP from August 1957 to January 2013, it was found that a total of 233 articles had been published since 1950＇s in three main areas： experimental verification of the specific effects for points selected by midnight-noon ebb-flow acupuncture methods （91 articles）, experimental observation on the different effects of acupuncture in different time （72 articles） and experimental observation on the different effects on rhythm with acupuncture at different phase of rhythm （70 articles）. However, the investigation has shown that the involved research work was not sufficient and in-depth, especially in the ideas and methods of the research, there were still some problems need to be solved. This paper expounded the scientific value and academic significance of the experimental studies of midnight-noon ebb-flow acupuncture therapy, comprehensively evaluated and discussed the achievements and shortcomings in previous research, and indicated that, applying the research methods of chronobiology and chronomedicine, employing modern science and technology, and exploring further the scientific connotation of midnight-noon ebb-flow theory, should be the basic train of thought for experimental study on midnight-noon ebb-flow acupuncture therapy, the result will greatly promote the development of acupuncture and moxibustion.