What kind of medical skill is a world heritage?

Acupuncture is a world-class intangible cultural heritage.

Acupuncture is the general term for acupuncture. Acupuncture refers to inserting a needle (usually a millineedle) into a patient at a certain angle under the guidance of the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, and stimulating a specific part of the human body by acupuncture techniques such as twisting and lifting. Puncture points are called human acupoints, or acupoints for short. According to the latest statistics of acupuncture textbooks, the human body has 36 1 acupoint.

Moxibustion is to burn, smoke and iron a certain point on the body surface with a prefabricated moxibustion pot or moxibustion grass. Usually wormwood is the most commonly used, so it is called moxibustion, and there are other methods such as medicinal moxibustion, wicker moxibustion, wick moxibustion, mulberry branch moxibustion and so on. Now people often use moxa stick moxibustion in their lives. In the process of its formation, application and development, acupuncture has distinctive China culture and regional characteristics, and it is a valuable heritage based on China's cultural and scientific traditions.

The spread and status of acupuncture;

Because acupuncture therapy has unique advantages, wide indications, rapid and remarkable curative effect, simple operation method, economical medical expenses and few side effects, as early as the Tang Dynasty, acupuncture in China spread to Japan, North Korea, India, Arabia and other countries and regions, and blossomed in other countries, resulting in some exotic acupuncture medicine. So far, acupuncture has spread to more than 40 countries and regions in the world, which has played a great role in ensuring the life and health of all mankind.

The state attaches great importance to the protection of intangible cultural heritage. On May 20th, 2006, acupuncture was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. On June 5th, 2007, the Ministry of Culture confirmed Wang Xuetai of Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine and He Puren of Chinese Acupuncture Society as the representative inheritors of this cultural heritage project, and they were included in the list of 226 representative inheritors of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage projects.