中文摘要：

目的：通过查阅2006年Medline数据库收载的针灸论文，了解2006年国际针灸研究和发展的有关情况。方法：通过ISI Knowledge网站检索Medline数据库，以“acupuncture，moxibustion，acupressure，cupping”为检索词共检索出881篇论文，排除与研究无关的120篇，剩余761篇。对论文的来源分布、期刊出处、类型、研究内容、研究方法等做了分析总结。结果：文章来源集中在中、美、英三国；影响因子最高的杂志为Lancet，影响因子为25．8；涉及的病种广泛，但主要是用于疼痛治疗。结论：针灸在国外仍作为补充和替代医学的一部分用于临床。对于针灸疗效，大部分的实验证实有效，但对于某些疾病还有不同的看法；关于针刺效应的机理研究，世界各国做了较多工作，呈现出范围广的特点。

英文摘要：

Objective To understand the situation of studies and development of international acupuncture and moxibustion in 2006 by analysis on the acupuncture-related articles embodied in Medline data-base in 2006. Methods A total of 881 articles in Medline data-base of the ISI knowledge Web were retrieved by ＂acupuncture＂, ＂moxibustion＂, ＂acupressure＂ and ＂cupping＂ as key words, then 761 articles excluding unrelated 120 ones were analyzed and concluded for distribution of the article sources, periodicals source, type, research contents and methods. Results Most of the articles are from China, Britain and America. The journal of the highest impact factor of 25.8 is Lancet. Acupuncture and moxibustion can treat various diseases, but primarily for relieving pain. Conclnsion Acupuncture and moxibustion are still a part of CAM for clinical practice abroad. Most of the experiments confirm the effects of acupuncture and moxibustion, but there are some different views on some diseases. And various countries make a lot work about mechanism research of acupuncture effect, showing the feature of large range.