The Xiangshan Science Conferences entitled “Acupuncnomics” has been held at Fragrant Hill Hotel (Beijing) on Dec 15-17, 2009. This conference invited the total of 60 distinguished scientists in this field. Serving as a platform for extensive exchanges between acupuncture teams across the world, the meeting will promote international cooperation, advance interdisciplinary studies, facilitate novel brainstorms and encourage new support. Experts from various disciplines will be invited to have in-depth discussions on the following topics: i).New imaging technologies and methods for acupuncture studies; ii).Central mechanism underlying the treatment of acute cerebral infarction using resuscitating acupuncture from the perspective of brain glucose metabolism; iii). Advancements in biochemical and endocrinological studies of acupuncture mechanism; iv). Research into specificity of acupoints on the basis of morphology and histology; v). Acupuncture and science of complexity; vi). Strategic objectives and policy suggestions for acupoint studies in acupuncture therapy.
Professor Jie Tian, as the chairman of conferences, has reported the entitled “the acupuncture mechanism investigation based on the Acupuncnomics.”
The mechanism underlying acupuncture is facing enormous challenge in China where this therapy of traditional Chinese medicine was originated. It is urgent and important for Chinese scientists to work out an innovative research framework, evaluation approach and standardized system that both retain the characteristics of acupuncture and obtain worldwide recognition so as to make the studies in China up to international advanced level.
Focusing on major scientific issues in the field, the meeting will review the past developments and look into future advancements from such perspectives as nerve imaging, clinical therapeutics, morphology, histology and systematics. It will also make an in-depth analysis on key frontier issues and their solutions, explore new growth points, propose priorities for its strategies and offer suggestions for its development. In addition, an appeal will be made for increased government investment and a big science project on the subject, so as to upgrade China’s international competitiveness and make it a world leader in the studies of acupuncture mechanisms by promoting its overall development.