Intangible cultural heritage of traditional Chinese medicine

Traditional medical acupuncture is an intangible cultural heritage.

Acupuncture is a unique medical method created by working people in ancient China, with a long history. For thousands of years, people have injected needles into specific parts of the human body with metal needles or moxa cones, and thus established a unique theory of human body meridians and acupoints, which has become a wonderful work of China medicine and enjoys a high reputation in the world.

Acupuncture consists of "needle" and "moxibustion", which is one of the important components of Chinese medicine. Its contents include acupuncture theory, acupoints, acupuncture techniques and related instruments, and it is a valuable heritage based on Chinese culture and traditional medicine. Acupuncture was selected into the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list, and was also selected into UNESCO's Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

The present situation of acupuncture;

In the 1970s, taking the opportunity that China announced the research results of acupuncture anesthesia to the whole world, the international community set off an upsurge eager to understand acupuncture and apply acupuncture to treat diseases, which is a worldwide acupuncture upsurge. Due to the research on acupuncture and moxibustion, western medical circles gradually eliminated the misunderstanding of acupuncture and moxibustion, and some foreigners became interested in it and became the main force in the application, research and promotion of acupuncture and moxibustion.

In the process of internationalization of acupuncture and moxibustion, the World Health Organization has played an important role in promoting and guiding, such as establishing cooperation centers for acupuncture research and training in some countries, supporting and establishing the World Federation of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, and formulating international standards for names of meridians and acupoints and standards for clinical research of acupuncture and moxibustion. At present, there are 140 countries and regions in the world to carry out acupuncture medical treatment, and the number of people engaged in acupuncture is about 200,000 ~ 300,000.

Refer to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-List of representative works of human intangible cultural heritage