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.

《醫療針灸》為全球的醫療專業人員、研究人員和學者提供了一個專業的交流平臺，分享針灸及相關領域的最新研究成果和臨床實踐。特別強調針灸治療的科學性和實證性，鼓勵提交采用嚴謹科學方法進行的研究，無論是隨機對照試驗、系統評價還是病例報告。通過發表這些研究，期刊旨在提升針灸在主流醫學中的地位，促進針灸療法的現代化和國際化。

雜志覆蓋的主題廣泛，包括但不限于針灸的臨床應用、中西醫結合治療、臨床療效評估、慢性疼痛管理、電針療法、戰場針灸（一種快速、簡便的耳針技術，用于軍隊中快速緩解疼痛）、傳統中醫理論、整合醫學方法、針灸治療的機制、疼痛緩解技術、視覺模擬量表（VAS）在疼痛評估中的應用、神經影像學在研究針灸效果中的應用、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全領域，平均審稿速度 ，影響因子指數0.8，該期刊近期沒有被列入國際期刊預警名單，廣大學者值得一試。