Representative items of intangible cultural heritage of traditional medicine

The representative item of intangible cultural heritage of traditional medicine is acupuncture.

Acupuncture and moxibustion is part of the medical heritage of the motherland and a national medical method unique to our country. For thousands of years, it has made outstanding contributions to the defense of health and the reproduction of the nation, and until now, it still takes up this task and is trusted by the general public. In addition to being widely used in China, it is also practiced in Southeast Asia, Europe and America. Acupuncture and moxibustion is a general term for both needling and moxibustion.

Acupuncture is the practice of inserting needles into the patient's body at a certain angle under the guidance of traditional Chinese medicine theory, using twisting and lifting and insertion and other acupuncture techniques to stimulate specific parts of the body. Moxibustion is the use of prefabricated moxibustion cones or moxibustion herbs to burn, smoke and iron on certain points on the body surface, using heat stimulation to prevent and treat diseases. Usually, moxa is most commonly used, so it is called moxibustion, and there are other methods such as moxibustion, willow moxibustion, wick moxibustion, and mulberry branch moxibustion. Nowadays, people often use moxa moxibustion in their lives.

Acupuncture to the world

In Paris to participate in the European Federation of Chinese medicine experts in 2003 academic meeting of Chinese and foreign experts, said the Western medical community has been more and more understanding and recognition of the efficacy of acupuncture and moxibustion has become a breakthrough for the acceptance of traditional Chinese medicine in the world.

Dr. Anders Heth, president of the French Acupuncture Association, believes that acupuncture can significantly reduce the patient's symptoms and pain, and Western medicine believes that reducing the patient's symptoms or pain is one of the important steps in the treatment, which has an important role in the patient's complete recovery and enhancement of resistance, so acupuncture is the first to be accepted by the Western medical community. The French Acupuncture Association has now become a medical association recognized by the French government, and in recent years many French medical universities have added acupuncture courses, which is an important breakthrough for Chinese medicine to enter the mainstream of Western medicine.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Acupuncture