Acupuncture culture of acupuncture

Acupuncture is an important part of traditional medicine in China. At first, it was only used as a medical method, and then it gradually developed into a discipline. Acupuncture is a science to sort out and study acupuncture medical technology and its clinical application law and basic theory.

Acupuncture has a long history. It has been mentioned many times in ancient books that the original tool of acupuncture and moxibustion is bian stone, which is called bian stone. This kind of bian stone appeared in the Neolithic Age about 8,000 to 4,000 years ago, which was equivalent to the later period of clan commune system. Stone tablets have been found in archaeology in China. During the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC), medicine got rid of the shackles of witches and had professional doctors. According to the biography of Zuo in Chunke, when a famous doctor treated Jin, he pointed out that he should "attack him, miss him, and get his medicine." "Da" and "Attack" here refer to acupuncture and fire moxibustion.

From the Warring States to the Western Han Dynasty (476 BC to 25 AD), with the progress of ironmaking technology, metal needles gradually became popular. Metal needles gradually replaced bian stone, thus expanding the practical scope of acupuncture and accelerating the development process of acupuncture and moxibustion. During the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, there appeared many medical experts who were good at acupuncture. Among them, The Classic of Acupuncture and Moxibustion A and B written by Huangfu Mi became a complete monograph on acupuncture and moxibustion. During the Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties (AD 256-589), the number of acupuncture monographs increased significantly. During this period, acupuncture spread to Korea, Japan and other countries.

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties (AD 58 1 to 907), acupuncture developed into a specialized subject, and there was a specialty of acupuncture in the Department of Medical Education at that time. Subsequently, acupuncture continued to develop in depth. In16th century, acupuncture was introduced to Europe. But in Qing dynasty, doctors paid more attention to medicine than acupuncture, which hindered the development of acupuncture to some extent.

1949 after the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), acupuncture developed greatly. More than 2,000 Chinese medicine hospitals have acupuncture departments; The scientific research of acupuncture and moxibustion has involved various systems and clinical disciplines of the body; Through the research on the regulation, analgesia, immunity enhancement, meridian phenomenon and the correlation between acupoints and viscera of acupuncture, a large number of valuable scientific experimental data have been obtained.