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Commentary
Division of Acupuncture & Meridian, WHO Collaborating Center for Traditional Medicine, East-West Medical
Research Institute, 2Department of Applied Eastern Medicine, Graduate School and 3Department of Meridian and
Acupuncture, Graduate School of Basic Eastern Medical Science, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea
WHO Standard Acupuncture Point Locations in the Western Pacific Region (WHO Standard)
was released in 2008. Initially, there were 92/361 controversial acupuncture points (acupoints).
Through seven informal consultations and four task force team meetings, 86 points were agreed
upon among the 92 controversial acupoints, leaving 6 remaining controversial acupoints,
demanding active research in the future. This will enhance the reproducibility and validity of
acupuncture studies. It will also lead to a better understanding of acupuncture mechanisms in
order to optimize its clinical efficacy for a range of diseases and syndromes. This book has two
parts: General Guidelines for Acupuncture Point Locations and WHO Standard Acupuncture
Point Locations. First of all, familiarity with the General Guidelines for Acupuncture Point
Locations in this book can help the reader to understand and use the contents of this book in
depth. I would like to thank all of the participating experts and scholars for this great work,
who have overcome the limits of previous acupuncture references. I also appreciate the
dedicated effort and harmonious leadership of Dr Choi Seung-hoon, former Regional Adviser
in Traditional Medicine of Western Pacific Office, WHO.
Keywords: acupoint eastern medicine traditional medicine
For reprints and all correspondence: Sabina Lim, MD, PhD, Professor
Department of Applied Eastern Medicine, Graduate School, Kyung
Hee University, #47 Gyeonghuidae-gil, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, 130701, Korea. Tel: 82-2-961-0324; Fax: 82-2-961-7831;
E-mail: lims@khu.ac.kr
The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org
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Received December 10, 2008; accepted January 12, 2009
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