T/CACM 1075-2018 Technical Operation Standards for Preventive Medicine in Traditional Chinese Medicine: Moxibustion
T/CACM 1075-2018
Basic Information
Scope
Main technical content: This standard is a normative document in China used to guide and standardize the application of moxibustion therapy in the prevention of diseases. The purpose of compiling and promulgating this standard is to provide hospitals and healthcare institutions at all levels with norms for the clinical application of moxibustion therapy in disease prevention, guide relevant doctors and technicians to correctly use moxibustion therapy to prevent and treat diseases, make the application of moxibustion therapy more standardized and safer, and thus better serve the health of the general public. This standard is based on the clinical advantages of moxibustion therapy and, on the basis of the already published "Technical Operation Norms for Moxibustion in Traditional Chinese Health Care" (ZYYXH/T174-2010), it aims to address specific clinical situations by referring to ancient literature, the experiences of renowned doctors, and the best modern clinical research evidence, while taking into account the values and preferences of patients. This standard systematically develops guidance opinions to help clinicians and patients make appropriate choices. The overall approach of this standard is: based on the practice and clinical research of moxibustion therapy in disease prevention, following the principles and methods of evidence-based medicine, combining internationally recognized standards for evaluating the quality of evidence and grading recommendations with ancient literature evidence and the clinical evidence of renowned TCM experts to form a draft standard. Then, by integrating clinical research evidence with the consensus opinions of a large number of experts, we develop guidance opinions that can ensure the clinical efficacy and safety of moxibustion therapy and effectively guide clinical practice. The evidence level of the recommended schemes in this standard mainly adopts the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation)