Review on Acupuncture action mechanism researches

Abstract

Introduction: Over its many years of development, a wealth of experience has accumulated in the practice of acupuncture, attesting to the wide range of diseases and conditions that can be effectively treated with this approach. In recognition of the increasing worldwide interest in the subject, the World Health Organization (WHO) conducted a symposium and invited the experts to develop the list of conditions treated with acupuncture. Recent years, many researchers are interested in studying acupuncture and its clinical efÏcacy and physiological basis. As we speak, a search on Pubmed using keyword: acupuncture on 25 Mar, 2021 showed 34791 studies, including 9980 studies conducted in the last 5 years, and after 5 days this number increased by 26 becoming 34817 shows growing interest in this research field. We can see this trend in our country's recent scientific publications, too. Thus, in this review, we tried to introduce current studies in acupuncture action mechanisms as well as clinical trial reports, systematic review results for the further research activities.