The research on indications of acu-moxibustion is very important for effectively guiding clinical practice.In the present paper

the authors retrieved domestic literature about researches on the disease-spectrum or indications of acu-moxibustion therapy in recent 10years

and made a bibliometrics analysis according to the described research methods

publishing year

quantity and their proportionate relationship.A total of 18qualified original papers involving 414illnesses or clinical conditions were included in the present paper.Among the 414kinds of clinical conditions or illnesses

72were considered to be suitable candidates for acu-moxibustion therapy

including functional dyspepsia

herpes zoster

irritable bowel syndrome

gastrointestinal dysfunction

scapulohumeral periarthritis

cervical syndrome

dyssomnia

acne(cyst type)

chronic urticaria

regional neurodermatitis

pain

itching

etc.which belong to illness-spectrum grade-I.Generally

the acu-moxibustion therapy is

in clinical effects

relatively poorer for structural diseases which are attributed to grade-II or grade-III type.Nevertheless

the diversity of clinical indications of acu-moxibustion has been confirmed nowadays.Current studies on illness-spectrum are of certain uniformity and comprehensiveness

but need further extending and perfecting

and need more standardized methods corresponding to principles of the evidence-based medicine.