What is the relationship between acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine?

Acupuncture is China's unique method to treat diseases. It is a kind of treatment from the outside to the inside. It treats systemic diseases through the action of meridians and acupoints and the application of some techniques. Clinically, according to the diagnosis and treatment methods of traditional Chinese medicine, we can diagnose the cause, find out the key of the disease, identify the nature of the disease, determine which meridian and which viscera the disease belongs to, and identify whether it belongs to the types of exterior-interior, cold-heat and excess-deficiency, so as to make a diagnosis. Then make the corresponding acupoint prescription for treatment. In order to dredge meridians, regulate qi and blood, make yin and yang relatively balanced, and make the functions of viscera tend to be harmonious, so as to achieve the purpose of preventing and treating diseases. Acupuncture therapy is a part of China's medical heritage and a unique national medical method in China. In the past 100 years, he has made outstanding contributions to protecting health and cultivating the nation. Until now, he still undertakes this task and is believed by the masses. 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. In the process of its formation, application and development, it has distinctive Chinese national culture and regional characteristics, and is a valuable heritage based on Chinese national culture and scientific tradition. The origin of acupuncture and moxibustion medicine was first seen in the book Huangdi Neijing more than 2000 years ago. Huangdi Neijing said: "Cold is all diseases, so moxibustion is appropriate", which refers to moxibustion, in which the shape of nine needles is described in detail, and the theory and technology of acupuncture are described in great detail. Acupuncture has been popular in China for more than two thousand years and spread all over the world. Acupuncture appeared earlier. In ancient times, people were accidentally hit by some sharp and hard objects, such as stones and thorns, and the accidental pain was relieved. The ancients began to consciously stab some parts of the body with some sharp stones or artificially puncture the body to make it bleed to relieve the pain. 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 stone appeared in the Neolithic Age about 8000 to 4000 years ago, which was equivalent to the later period of clan commune system. People have mastered the digging and grinding technology, and can make some exquisite stone tools suitable for piercing into the body to treat diseases. This kind of stone tool is the oldest medical tool. People use "bian Shi" to pierce a certain part of the body to treat diseases. At that time, Bian Shi was more commonly used for incision and drainage of suppurative infection in surgery, so it was also called needle stone or stone. Shan Hai Jing said: "There is a stone like jade, which can be used as a needle", which is an early record of stone needles. Stone tablets have been found in archaeology in China. It can be said that bian stone is the foundation and predecessor of later knife needle tools. Moxibustion is produced after the discovery and use of fire. In the process of using fire, people find that the pain in a certain part of the body can be relieved by burning and roasting, and then learn to wrap hot stones and sand with animal skin or bark for local hot ironing, and gradually develop to light branches or roast hay to treat diseases. After a long period of exploration, flammable mugwort leaves with the function of warming meridians and dredging collaterals were selected as the main material for moxibustion treatment, and warm stimulation was carried out on the local part of the body surface, making moxibustion as an important method for disease prevention and treatment as acupuncture. Because Artemisia argyi leaves are flammable and fragrant, rich in resources and easy to process and preserve, they later became the most important raw material for moxibustion. "Acupuncture" gradually developed into acupuncture, and "hot ironing" gradually developed into moxibustion, which is the predecessor of acupuncture therapy. The history of acupuncture According to the records of pricking carbuncle with a stone hairpin in the ancient documents "Shan Hai Jing" and "Neijing", the statement that "seven years' illness requires three years' love" in Yu Zi, and the historical relics excavated in various parts of China in recent years, the origin of "acupuncture therapy" may be in the Stone Age. Acupuncture is an ancient and magical science. As early as the 6th century AD, the academic field of acupuncture and moxibustion began to spread abroad. At present, more than 20 countries and regions in Asia, Western Europe, Eastern Europe and Latin America have applied acupuncture to treat their own people. Many countries have also established acupuncture academic groups, acupuncture education institutions and research institutions, and the famous Paris University Medical College has opened acupuncture courses. It is reported that there are 307 kinds of diseases that are effectively treated by acupuncture, among which 100 is the most effective. 65438-0980 The United Nations World Health Organization put forward 43 indications for recommending acupuncture treatment. From 65438 to 0987, the World Federation of Acupuncture and Moxibustion was formally established in Beijing, which established the position of acupuncture as a world medicine in the world medical forest. Two thousand five hundred years ago, the first medical classic Huangdi Neijing was born in China. In this classic, there is an important concept throughout the book, that is, meridians. Meridian is the general name of meridian. The ancients found that there were some routes running through the whole body, called meridians. It is also found that there are some branches on these trunk lines, and there are smaller branches on them. The ancients called these branches collaterals, and "pulse" is the general concept of this structure. With the development of smelting technology, people have made metal needles, called microneedles, and used them to treat meridians. Huangdi Neijing is divided into two parts, one of which is called Lingshu Jing, also known as Acupuncture Jing, which is a book dedicated to treating meridians with micro-needles. Huangdi Neijing made a systematic summary of meridians. In addition to meridians, new concepts such as collaterals, meridians, tendons, skin and strange meridians have been added, which together constitute the meridian system and become the most important physiological structure of the human body in the eyes of the ancients. Huangdi Neijing also expounds the functions of meridians, that is, promoting blood circulation to dissipate blood stasis, balancing yin and yang, nourishing bones and muscles, smoothing joints, connecting zang-fu organs with exterior and interior, and transmitting diseases and evils. The understanding of the meridian system and its function in Huangdi Neijing mainly comes from long-term clinical observation, and also contains some results of reasoning analysis and analogy description. Acupuncture methodology is an important part of acupuncture medicine and a basic skill that acupuncture must master in clinical treatment of diseases. In the long-term medical practice, acupuncturists of past dynasties have accumulated rich clinical experience and theoretical knowledge, enriched the content of acupuncture, improved the theory of acupuncture, and laid a theoretical and practical foundation for the development of this discipline.