Collecting relevant literature of acupuncture and fMRI,to mainly analyze the progress of central mechanism of acupuncture and moxibustion using fMRI technique,which showed that the quantities of studies referred to acupuncture with fMRI are more than that of moxibustion with fMRI,the content of them focused on the specificity of acupoints,acupuncture compatibility,and needle sensation of Deqi,etc. most studies of them have found some evidence of the specificity of acupoints,Deqi sensation and acupoint compatibility could cause different cerebral response,but the central mechanism of acupunctur...
