School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China.
Zhen Ci Yan Jiu. 2024 Jan 25;49(1):99-102. doi: 10.13702/j.1000-0607.20221236.
Based on summarizing the essential procedures and elements of traditional manipulation techniques of warming needle moxibustion and determining the quantitative parameters and indicators for evaluating the operation of this acupuncture technique, a training instrument of warming needle moxibustion was developed and adopted in the curriculum teaching of practice. It showed that this instrument could quantify the speed of fixing mugwort ball on the needle handle, the number of the prepared mugwort ball, the duration for anti-vibration, the frequency of anti-vibration and the burning time of mugwort ball. The instrument could objectively evaluate the skills of warming needle moxibustion and the effects of fixing mugwort ball. Besides, it may provide the references to improve the protocol of the future research. The development and application of the practical training instrument of warming needle moxibustion is conductive to cultivate the standardization and accuracy of the technique operation in students, and it is significant for objectif-ying the teaching course of warming needle and teaching assessment, as well as for diversifying the teaching modes. Moreover, it plays an exemplary role in the practical training of other acupuncture and moxibustion techniques.
基于总结传统温针灸手法的基本程序和要素，并确定评估这种针灸技术操作的定量参数和指标，开发并在实践课程教学中采用了温针灸训练仪。该仪器可以量化将艾球固定在针柄上的速度、准备好的艾球数量、抗振时间、抗振频率和艾球燃烧时间。该仪器可以客观评估温针灸的技能和艾球固定效果。此外，它可能为未来研究的方案提供参考。温针灸实践训练仪器的开发和应用有助于培养学生技术操作的标准化和精确性，对于客观化温针教学过程和教学评估、多样化教学模式具有重要意义。此外，它在其他针灸技术的实践培训中起到了示范作用。
