Machine learning is a newly emerged discipline. It develops rapidly and has been penetrated into all walks of life and made great achievements in medical field. The introduction of machine learning in the field of acupuncture and moxibustion should fully play the advantages of targeted therapy of acupuncture and moxibustion

optimize the resource allocation of traditional Chinese medicine and accurately serve the clinic rather than only limited to data mining and analysis. In the paper

through the analysis of the relevant literature in recent years

the combination of acupuncture-moxibustion with machine learning was discussed from the aspects of acupoint selection and prescription

clinical teaching application of acupuncture and moxibustion

the prediction on acupuncture curative effect

etc. Moreover

on the base of multidisciplinary intersection and by means of machine learning

the exploration was given on the future direction of acupuncture and moxibustion.