TARA will be an open-access (i.e. free), web-based portal, and database incorporating (1) an acupoint ontology using both Traditional East Asian Medicine (TEAM) and conventional biological nomenclature systems; (2) male and female human and rat body atlases, each with a standardized 3D coordinate system; and (3) a searchable database of acupoint information along with previously published physiological data, curated by an expert committee, associated with acupoint stimulation.
Imagine being able to see, online, a 3-D body image with acupoints labeled, and when you click on an acupoint, it links to high-quality research associated with that acupoint, along with showing anatomical structures underneath the skin, in and around each acupoint. And imagine a database you could query to find research associated with various acupoints related to specific conditions.
How would you envision using such a database once it is available?
Your input will help us to design TARA so that it provides information most helpful to the acupuncture research and clinician community.
