In order to explore the efficacy specificity and valuable rules of clinical application of needling and moxibustion methods in a large quantity of information from literature

a data warehouse needs being established.On the basis of the original databases of red-hot needle therapy and hydro-acupuncture therapy

and the newly-established databases of acupoint catgut embedding therapy

acupoint application therapy

etc.

and in accordance with the characteristics of different types of needling-moxi-bustion literature information

databases on different subjects were established first.These subject databases constitute a general "literature data warehouse on needling moxibustion methods" composing of multi-subjects and multiple dimensions so as to discover useful regularities about clinical treatment and trials collected in the literature by using data mining techniques.In the present paper

the authors introduce the design of the data warehouse

determination of subjects

establishment of subject relations

application of the administration platform

and application of data.This data warehouse will provide a standard data representation mode

enlarge data attributes and create extensive data links among literature information in the network

and may bring us with considerable convenience and profits in clinical application decision making and scientific research about needling-moxibustion techniques.