Acupuncture in traditional Chinese medicine is a combination of acupuncture and moxibustion, and it was successfully applied for the world intangible cultural heritage on 201016.
Acupuncture is to insert filiform acupuncture into a certain point of the patient's body and use acupuncture techniques such as twisting and lifting to treat diseases; Moxibustion is to burn the skin with burning moxa sticks at certain acupoints and treat diseases with heat stimulation.
Acupuncture consists of "acupuncture" and "moxibustion", which is one of the important components of traditional 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 national culture and regional characteristics in China, and it is a valuable heritage based on China's national culture and scientific tradition. The role of acupuncture in TCM involves specific fields such as regulating endocrine by acupuncture in TCM and loving acupuncture weight loss in TCM.
Acupuncture medicine first appeared in Huangdi Neijing more than two thousand 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.