Journal Title：Medical Acupuncture

Medical Acupuncture provides a professional platform for global medical professionals, researchers and scholars to share the latest research results and clinical practice in acupuncture and related fields. Special emphasis is placed on the scientific and empirical nature of acupuncture treatment, and the submission of studies using rigorous scientific methods, whether randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews or case reports, is encouraged. By publishing these studies, the journal aims to raise the status of acupuncture in mainstream medicine and promote the modernization and internationalization of acupuncture therapy.

The journal covers a wide range of topics, including but not limited to the clinical use of acupuncture, integrated Chinese and Western medicine treatment, clinical efficacy evaluation, chronic pain management, electroacupuncture therapy, battlefield acupuncture (a quick and easy ear acupuncture technique, Rapid pain relief in the military), traditional Chinese medicine theory, integrative medicine methods, mechanisms of acupuncture treatment, pain relief techniques, application of visual analog scale (VAS) in pain assessment, application of neuroimaging in the study of acupuncture effects, acupuncture treatment of PCOS, and the importance of physical examination in the diagnosis and treatment process.

《醫(yī)療針灸》為全球的醫(yī)療專(zhuān)業(yè)人員、研究人員和學(xué)者提供了一個(gè)專(zhuān)業(yè)的交流平臺(tái)，分享針灸及相關(guān)領(lǐng)域的最新研究成果和臨床實(shí)踐。特別強(qiáng)調(diào)針灸治療的科學(xué)性和實(shí)證性，鼓勵(lì)提交采用嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)科學(xué)方法進(jìn)行的研究，無(wú)論是隨機(jī)對(duì)照試驗(yàn)、系統(tǒng)評(píng)價(jià)還是病例報(bào)告。通過(guò)發(fā)表這些研究，期刊旨在提升針灸在主流醫(yī)學(xué)中的地位，促進(jìn)針灸療法的現(xiàn)代化和國(guó)際化。

雜志覆蓋的主題廣泛，包括但不限于針灸的臨床應(yīng)用、中西醫(yī)結(jié)合治療、臨床療效評(píng)估、慢性疼痛管理、電針療法、戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)針灸（一種快速、簡(jiǎn)便的耳針技術(shù)，用于軍隊(duì)中快速緩解疼痛）、傳統(tǒng)中醫(yī)理論、整合醫(yī)學(xué)方法、針灸治療的機(jī)制、疼痛緩解技術(shù)、視覺(jué)模擬量表（VAS）在疼痛評(píng)估中的應(yīng)用、神經(jīng)影像學(xué)在研究針灸效果中的應(yīng)用、多囊卵巢綜合征的針灸治療、以及體格檢查在診斷和治療過(guò)程中的重要性。

Medical Acupuncture由Mary Ann Liebert出版商出版，收稿方向涵蓋INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE全領(lǐng)域，平均審稿速度 ，影響因子指數(shù)0.8，該期刊近期沒(méi)有被列入國(guó)際期刊預(yù)警名單，廣大學(xué)者值得一試。