The popularity of acupuncture in America was in the 1970s. Previously, although there were many Chinese medicine practitioners in Washington, Los Angeles, San Francisco and other places in the United States, people who were proficient in acupuncture had never heard of it.

According to documents, as early as 1930s, Fang Fuxing, a member of China Acupuncture Research Association, immigrated to the United States and started acupuncture activities in Luozhou. During the period of 1947, China's acupuncture was discussed in the academic discussion of American medical circles. From 65438 to 0955, Stanford University invited Japanese acupuncture experts to give lectures in the United States, but there was no acupuncture research.

1972 February 2 1 From Sunday to 28th, US President Nixon visited China, accompanied by 500 journalists. Among the reporters, Jame Reston suffered from appendicitis, underwent appendectomy in Peking Union Medical College Hospital, and applied acupuncture therapy to eliminate postoperative pain, which was successful.

During his stay in China, James also visited acupuncture anesthesia. After returning to China, he wrote a related report in The New York Times on July 2, and published it on the front page with eye-catching headlines, which caused a sensation in the United States, thus prompting the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to pay attention to acupuncture therapy in China.

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The first acupuncture clinic approved by the U.S. government was formally established in Washington, D.C. in July, 1973, with Dr. Grigorio Kos as the director and Su Tianyou, a descendant of Chengjiang School, as the clinic's acupuncture treatment host. Su Tianyou, formerly known as Su Zuoren, 19 1, was born in Yangjiang County, Guangdong Province. When I was a child, I went to Hong Kong to study with my father, and then I studied acupuncture with Zeng Tianzhi.

Zeng Tianzhi is the high foot of Cheng Danan, the founder of Chengjiang School. In addition to practicing medicine, Su Tianyou also runs training courses to train acupuncturists. 1975 In March, Su Tianyou and American disciples established the "New England Acupuncture School" in Boston, and taught in English. The academic system is one year at first, and then three years.

His first English book on acupuncture was A Study of Meridian, and his disciples wrote a preface for it, calling Su Tianyou "the father of acupuncture in America". By the end of the 20th century, there were more than 20,000 people engaged in acupuncture in the United States, and Su Tianyou was the first. From 65438 to 0997, the office of alternative therapy was established in the United States.

From 65438 to 0998, there were more than 20 kinds of acupuncture periodicals and 100 acupuncture colleges in the United States. In the United States, acupuncture is mainly used to treat common diseases and detoxify, and it is also reported that it is used for astronaut training and the treatment of space syndrome. It can be seen that after acupuncture was introduced to the United States, it was innovated in combination with American science and culture.

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