School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China.
J Tradit Chin Med. 2013 Jun;33(3):408-12. doi: 10.1016/s0254-6272(13)60188-0.
To supply literature for developing an international standard of auricular acupuncture points.
Electronic database searches were conducted in the Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure and VIP, and the Western databases, Pubmed, the National Science and Technology Library, and the German Journal of Acupuncture, from 1990 to April, 2012. We also searched the documents of international symposiums for auricular acupuncture points (AAPs). Keywords were "auricular points", "auricular acupuncture points", "ear points", or "auriculotherapy".
Basic and clinical research on AAPs was performed in China, the United States, France, and Germany. Clinical AAP research was done in Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, the UK, Holland, Japan, Russia, and Africa. However, AAP research was not communicated internationally. The World Federation of Acupuncture-Moxibustion Societies recommended international standard of auricular acupuncture points (ISAAPs). Standardized nomenclature and locations of AAPs would provide a solid basis to draft an international standard organization.
Experts need to find common points from different countries or regions, provide evidence of different ideas, and list the proposal as a recommendation for an international standard.
为制定国际耳穴标准提供文献资料。
检索中国知网和维普全文数据库、Pubmed 西文数据库、国家科技图书文献中心、德国针灸杂志等，检索时限均为 1990 年至 2012 年 4 月，并查阅历届国际耳穴会议论文集。检索词为“耳穴”“耳针”“耳穴疗法”等。
中国、美国、法国和德国等国家进行了耳穴的基础与临床研究；意大利、奥地利、瑞士、西班牙、英国、荷兰、日本、俄罗斯和非洲等国家开展了耳穴的临床研究，但这些研究未在国际上进行交流。世界针灸学会联合会推荐了国际耳穴标准（ISAAPs）。规范的耳穴名称和部位为制定国际标准组织提供了坚实的基础。
专家需要从不同国家或地区找到共同点，提出不同意见的证据，并将提案作为国际标准的建议列出。
