What intangible cultural heritage does traditional medicine belong to?

Acupuncture is a medical method of traditional medicine in China, which has been widely used in China, Southeast Asia, Europe and America. Acupuncture is the general term for acupuncture. 20 10 was selected into the world intangible heritage list.

Acupuncture therapy is a part of China's medical heritage and a unique national medical method in China. In the long-term medical practice, acupuncture has formed a meridian theory consisting of fourteen meridians, eight strange meridians, fifteen different meridians, twelve meridians, twelve tendons, twelve skins, sun collaterals and floating collaterals.

And the knowledge of 36 1 acupoints, odd acupoints and their main diseases, discovered the law of specific relationship between specific parts of the human body and founded the meridian theory.

Acupuncture goes to the world

Chinese and foreign experts attending the 2003 academic annual meeting of the All-European Federation of Chinese Medicine Experts held in Paris said that the western medical community has deepened its understanding and recognition of the efficacy of acupuncture, and acupuncture has become a breakthrough for Chinese medicine to be accepted by the world.

Dr. An Dehai, President of the French Acupuncture Association, believes that acupuncture can obviously alleviate the symptoms and pain of patients, while western medicine believes that alleviating the symptoms or pain of patients is one of the important steps of treatment, which plays an important role in patients' complete recovery and strengthening their resistance, so acupuncture is first accepted by western medicine.

The French Acupuncture Association has now become a medical association recognized by the French government. In recent years, many medical universities in France have also added acupuncture courses, which is an important breakthrough for Chinese medicine to enter the mainstream western medicine.

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