Objective

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To analyze the research progress

hotspots

frontier trends and existing limitations of acupuncture and moxibustion treatment for respiratory diseases in the past decade using bibliometric and scientific knowledge mapping methods.

Methods

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Literature on acupuncture and moxibustion treatment for respiratory diseases published from January 1st

2014 to June 30th

2024

from CNKI

VIP

Wanfang

PubMed and Web of Science was retrieved. CiteSpace 6.1.R6 and VOSviewer V1.6.20 were used to perform visual analysis

including keyword co-occurrence and clustering

and to construct knowledge maps of acupuncture and moxibustion treatment for respiratory diseases.

Results

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A total of 1

106 Chinese articles and 185 English articles were included. High-frequency keywords focused on clinical diseases

treatment methods

efficacy observation

mechanisms etc. The main respiratory diseases treated with acupun

cture and moxibustion included chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

asthma and cough. Commonly used acupoints included Feishu (BL13)

Zusanli (ST36)

Dazhui (GV14) and Shenshu (BL23)

primarily involving the bladder meridian of foot-

taiyang

conception vessel and lung meridian of hand-

taiyin

. Among the treatment methods dominated by acupuncture and moxibustion

the primary treatment method was electroacupuncture combined with moxibustion

and acupoint application was supplemented

with increasing emphasis on integrative Chinese and Western medicine and acupuncture combined with medication. The therapeutic mechanisms involved anti-inflammatory effects and inhibition of airway remodeling

with targets mainly associated with the NF-κB signaling pathway.

Conclusion

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Acupuncture and moxibustion demonstrates certain advantages in treating respiratory diseases such as COPD

asthma and cough

with mechanisms related to anti-inflammatory effects and inhibition of airway remodeling. Future research should focus on multi-center

large-sample

high-quality clinical and experimental studies to explore the optimal clinical treatment protocols and underlying mechanisms.