How old is acupuncture in Chinese medicine?

Acupuncture has a long history. According to research, it originated in the period of the clan commune system in China's primitive society. There have been human activities in China since 4 million years ago, and it has been in the period of clan commune system since about 40,000 years ago, and has continued until 4,000 years ago.

In this era, the ancestors used stone tools as the main tools of production and life, so archaeology is called the Stone Age. From ancient times to 10,000 years ago was the Paleolithic Age, from 10,000 years ago to 7,800 years ago was the Mesolithic Age, and from 7,800,000 years ago to 4,000 years ago was the Neolithic Age. Acupuncture** was born around the Neolithic period.

There are some legends about the origin of acupuncture in ancient books, all of which refer to this era. For example, it is recorded in Huangfu Mi's "Imperial Century": Tai Xi Fu Xi "tasted a hundred medicines and made nine needles", and Luo Mi's "History of the Road" said that Tai Fu Xi "tasted grass to cure the head to control the people's diseases".

Another emperor Fu Mi's "Acupuncture and Moxibustion A and B Sutra Preface" said: "The Yellow Emperor consulted Qi Bo and Bo Gao, and the disciples of Shaoyu ......And the needle is born", Sun Simiao's "Preparation for Emergencies and Thousands of Gold Prescriptions" said: "The Yellow Emperor was instructed to create nine needles".

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Acupuncture originated in China and has a long history. Legend has it that acupuncture originated in the period of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, and according to legend, Fu Xi invented acupuncture, and he "tasted a hundred medicines and made nine needles" (the Eastern Han Dynasty physician Huangfu Mi recorded in the "Imperial Century"). According to the ancient documents "Classic of Mountains and Seas" and "Neijing", there are records of "stone fences" piercing carbuncles, as well as "Yuzi":

Seven years of illness, three years of love", and then according to the historical relics excavated in various parts of our country to verify, the origin of "acupuncture **" is in the Stone Age. At that time, when people had some pain or discomfort, they unconsciously massaged and patted with their hands, and even pressed the painful and uncomfortable parts with sharp stone tools, so that the original symptoms were reduced or disappeared, and the earliest needle: the stone was also born, with the continuous development of the wisdom of the ancients and social productivity, the needle gradually developed into a bronze needle, an iron needle, a gold needle, a silver needle, and a stainless steel needle until today.

According to legend, Fu Xi, the ancestor of Chinese civilization, was the inventor of acupuncture in traditional Chinese medicine.

Acupuncture corresponds to acupuncture and moxibustion. Let's talk about the question of origin separately.

The origin and further development of acupuncture has gone through a considerable period of time. In ancient times, people learned to polish and use fine stone tools. These stone tools were not only the main production tools at that time, but also important medical tools.

In the process of fighting against the disease, people initially used a stone to poke the abscess to eliminate the poisonous blood, and then also used it to ** other diseases and diseases, with the continuous accumulation of experience, there was a stone (stone needle)**.

Therefore, the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" says: "Gao's mountain, there are many jade on it, and there are many stones under it."

The annotation of "Shuowen Jie Zi" says: "Tou, with stone thorn disease." ”

The Neolithic site unearthed the Inner Mongolia Duolun Qitou Daowa stone, which is centimeter long, has a sharp edge at one end, is triangular in shape, has an arc blade at the other end, and has four needle bodies, which is similar to the stone of the same period in Liangcheng Mountain, Weishan County, Shandong.

Later, due to the development of smelting technology, the bronze needle that appeared was also in the same vein as it.

In recent years, a number of Han Dynasty portrait stones have been unearthed, showing the ancient acupuncture and moxibustion practice diagram of the primitive half-man and half-bird, which symbolizes the vivid image of acupuncture and treatment in the primitive clan with the bird as the totem, and coincides with the ancient legend of "Fuxi making a head to cure people's diseases".

Therefore, as the earliest acupuncture tool, the stone originated from the primitive clan society of the Neolithic Age in China, which is undoubtedly and universally recognized.

With the progress of society, from the stone and bronze needle, and then developed into the iron "ancient nine needles" ("Neijing"), to the Western Han Dynasty and gold needles and silver needles, until the modern stainless steel milli needle, three shuttle needle, fire needle, lifting needle, round needle, etc., and even a variety of emerging acupuncture and moxibustion instruments.

Then talking about moxibustion treatment, mainly moxibustion, the historical facts of moxibustion treatment, as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there is a clear written record. For example, "Mencius" has "seven years of illness, seek three years of Ai", and "Historical Records" contains "Qiu has no disease and self-moxibustion". Therefore, the history of moxibustion ** treatment is obviously much longer than that of the Spring and Autumn Period, and it can even be traced back to the late stage of the clan commune system.

Because the bone cloth that appeared at that time had the habit of using moxa as fuel, which seems to be closely related to the discovery of moxibustion. With the evolution of history, moxibustion has also developed from the early Yagi moxibustion, direct moxibustion, to moxibustion, Taiyi Shen acupuncture, Lei Huoshen acupuncture, and to modern electric moxibustion, laser acupuncture, etc.

1. The history of Korea can be traced back to 2333 BC, Goguryeo (37-668 BC), Baekje (18-660 BC), Silla Kingdom (57-935 BC), Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392), and Xian Dynasty (1392-1910).

2. Acupuncture is a unique medical method created by the working people of ancient Chongjian in China, which has a long history. For thousands of years, people have used metal needles or moxa and moxa rolls to carry out scattered acupuncture and moxibustion in specific parts of the human body, which is used to brighten the old and relieve the pain, and thus created a unique theory of human meridians and acupoints, which has become a wonderful branch of Chinese medicine and enjoys a good reputation in the world. As early as the Neolithic Age, people used "stones" to stab a certain part of the human body for diseases.

3. "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" says: "There is a stone like jade, which can be a needle", which is an early record of stone needles. The generation of moxibustion therapy was formed after the discovery and application of fire, the "Yellow Emperor's Neijing" of the Qin and Han dynasties said:

Tibetan cold is full of diseases, and its treatment is suitable for moxibustion", which refers to moxibustion, which describes in detail the shape of the nine needles, and describes a large number of acupuncture theories and techniques. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, acupuncture and moxibustion had become quite mature, and many doctors who were proficient in acupuncture appeared, and Bian Que recorded in the "Historical Records" was one of the representatives.

Acupuncture is a branch of Chinese medicine that dates back to antiquity 5,000 years ago.

There was, acupuncture at that time.

The needle is called. At that time, people inadvertently touched some parts of the body, and found that other parts had corresponding reactions, and later used the stone to click on some acupuncture points in the body, and found that there was a role in the disease, and acupuncture was a little bit.

The dot was born.

The history of Chinese medicine is 5,000 years old.

Traditional Chinese medicine was born in a primitive society, and the theory of traditional Chinese medicine has been basically formed in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and has been summarized and developed in successive dynasties. In addition, it has had a profound impact on countries in the Chinese character cultural circle, such as Japanese medicine, Korean Korean medicine, Korean Korean medicine, and Vietnamese Eastern medicine, all of which were developed on the basis of traditional Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine carries the experience and theoretical knowledge of the ancient Chinese people in the struggle against diseases, and is a medical theoretical system that has gradually formed and developed through long-term medical practice under the guidance of ancient simple materialism and spontaneous dialectical thinking.

The theory of traditional Chinese medicine is based on the summary of medical experience and the ancient Chinese thought of yin and yang and the five elements. Its content includes the theory of essence and qi, the theory of yin and yang and the five elements, qi, blood and fluid, Tibetan elephants, meridians, constitution, pathogenesis, treatment, health preservation, etc. As early as more than 2,000 years ago, the Chinese medicine monograph "The Yellow Emperor's Neijing" came out, laying the foundation of Chinese medicine.

To this day, the theories, diagnostic methods, and methods related to traditional Chinese medicine can all be found in this book.