Essence-Qi theroy was the ontology of ancient Chinese philosophy. It was used to explain the origin,composition and evolution of the universe. And after being absorbed in medicine,it becomes an important theoretical basis of Chinese medicine. Essence-Qi theory and Qi function activity theory are not only parts of Qi theory of traditional Chinese medicine,but also the important tools to explain the basic theory of traditional Chinese medicine and guiding clinical practice.

Fire-needle therapy has been widely used to treat postherpetic neuralgia in clinic.Current researches indicate that heat shock protein families may have some link with the pathological process of postherpetic neuralgia.It is helpful to research the mechanism of fire-needle therapy by discussing the relationship between up-regulation of heat shock proteins and the pathological process of postherpetic neuralgia during the treatment.

<正>腧穴是脏腑经络气血输注于体表的特殊部位,也是疾病的反应点和针灸等治法的刺激点。腧穴配伍是指按一定原则将两个及以上的腧穴有机地组合起来,成为一个穴位配方,用以治疗和预防疾病。现将腧穴配伍的研究进展综述如下。1腧穴配伍方式研究有学者考究《难经.七十五难》中的"泻南补北"法,在总结历代文献的基础上归纳其病机并按照脏、经、

目的:为充分了解2008-2011年来SCI收录针灸文献的情况。方法:以SCI-EXPANDED为统计源,以"acupuncture"和"moxibustion"作为检索词,检索范围为"主题"限定出版年为"2008-2011",在Web of Science中获得的全部文章作为分析对象,运用结果分析工具,分别进行结果文献的出版年文献数量、国家/地区、文献类型、文献语种、来源出版物、学科类别分布、研究机构、基金资助机构分布等分析。结果:4年间SCI收录针灸文献共2945篇;美国和中国大陆发表最多;类型以期刊论文为主;主要撰写语言为英语;《补充和替代医学杂志》收录最多;主要分布在综合补充医学、神经科学和神经病学、普通内科学等学科;研究机构中以韩国庆熙大学发表数量最多;基金资助机构中以受中国国家自然科学基金资助的最多。结论:4年间SCI收录的针灸文献数量逐年增多,且中国发表数量增势明显。文献类型以论文为主,多在欧美期刊发表;针灸研究涉及学科比较集中;东亚及美国对针灸研究的资助较多。