Results in numbers
| I. Patients observed to have acupuncture during 3 days in Longhua Acupuncture department (400 consultations a day, only out-patients) | |||
| Infants | 0 | ||
| Children | 2 | ||
| II. The Shanghai TCM acupuncturists (7 informants) | |||
| Do they have experience in needle acupuncture on infants? | |||
| Very little or no experience | 5 | All acupuncture clinicians, one acupuncturist-official | |
| Some experience | 2 | Two acupuncturist-officials | |
| Regular or daily experience | 0 | ||
| III. All Shanghai TCM professionals (12 informants) | |||
| Do they recommend needle acupuncture on infants? | |||
| No | 9 | All acupuncture clinicians, both TCM paediatricians, both Tui na specialists and the TCM herbalist | |
| Yes, but only as the last choice | 3 | All acupuncturist-officials | |
| Yes | 0 | ||
| IV. Amount specifically on paediatric conditions in Standard national textbook in undergraduate Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) studies, Shanghai. | |||
| Herbal medicine: | |||
| Special textbook on paediatric herbal medicine: | 140 pages | ||
| Tui na/medical massage: | |||
| Paediatric section of general textbook: | 57 of 248 pages | ||
| Acupuncture-moxibustion: | |||
| No paediatric section in general textbook. | |||
| Conditions relating to children: | 6 of 328 pages | ||
TCM, Traditional Chinese Medicine.