世界中联声明：“干针”属于中医针灸范畴（中英对照版本）
据悉，目前一些人士在其医疗实践中，使用一种被称之为“干针”的治疗方式，这种方式是指采用针灸针，刺入肌肉筋膜组织的激痛点，用以松解病理性的肌紧张等状态，治疗肌筋膜疼痛等疾病。而这些激痛点正是中医针灸学中的经穴、经外奇穴和阿是穴，其针刺手法和针具也与中医针灸手法无异。所以，“干针”实际是对中医针灸学的“再发现”，是多种多样的传统和现代针灸疗法中的组成部分。
世界中医药学会联合会认为：“干针”是中国针灸疗法的组成部分，“干针”不可能脱离中国针灸医理而独立发展。
世界中医药学会联合会呼吁相关从业者在使用中医针灸成果的同时，尊重“干针”属于中医针灸范畴这一事实，尊重针灸理论与中医传统文化，使针灸行业能够在世界范围内健康有序的发展。
世界中医药学会联合会
2016年2月22日
February 22nd, 2016
Statement of World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies:
Dry Needling is within the Scope of Acupuncture and Moxibustion of
Traditional Chinese Medicine
It is known that some practitioners are applying a method of treatment, called dry needling, in their medical practices. This method of treatment refers to puncturing trigger points in the myofascial tissue with acupuncture needles, so as to release statues, such as pathological muscle tension, and to treat diseases, such as myofascial pains. These trigger points are actually channel points, extra points and Ashi points in acupuncture and moxibustion of traditional Chinese medicine. Besides, puncturing manipulations and needles of dry needling are the same as those of acupuncture and moxibustion of traditional Chinese medicine. Therefore, dry needling is actually ‘re-discovery’ of acupuncture and moxibustion of traditional Chinese medicine, and is a component of different kinds of traditional and modern acupuncture therapies.
World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies acknowledges that, dry needling is a component of the therapy of Chinese acupuncture and moxibustion, and it cannot be developed independently without medical principles of Chinese acupuncture and moxibustion.
World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies advocates, in the course of utilizing the achievement of acupuncture and moxibustion of traditional Chinese medicine, practitioners should respect the fact that dry needling is within the scope of acupuncture and moxibustion of traditional Chinese medicine, respect acupuncture theories and traditional culture of acupuncture and moxibustion of traditional Chinese medicine, so as to promote the worldwide development of acupuncture industry in a healthy and orderly way.
