Originated in the Neolithic Age, it can also be demonstrated from the original acupuncture tools. In ancient books more than 2,000 years ago, it is often mentioned that the original acupuncture tool was a stone tool called Bianshi. For example, a piece of historical data from 550 BC included in Zuo Zhuan mentioned that "beauty is not as good as evil stone", and "Mountain and Sea Classic" recorded that "high mountains are like jade, which is a proverb." "Su Wen Bao Xing Lun" cloud; "Make Bian Shi small and big" and so on. These are all evidences of ancient people's treatment with bian stone. Bian Shi is used to treat diseases. At first, it was mainly used to puncture abscesses, and later it was used to puncture collaterals and bleed blood. In China, a 4.5 cm long stone was found in the Neolithic site in Duolun County, Inner Mongolia. One end of the stone is flat, with an arc-shaped blade, which can be used to cut abscess, and the other end is in the shape of a quadrangular pyramid, which can be used to bleed. Two stone needles, 8.3cm~9. 1cm long, with triangular and conical tips, were found in a late Neolithic tomb in Rizhao City, Shandong Province, which can be used for bloodletting and menstruation regulation. The discovery of bian stone provides strong evidence that acupuncture originated in Neolithic age.
Bian Shi treats diseases.
acupuncturology
It comes from the ethnic minorities who live by fishing along the eastern coast of China. According to "On Su Wenyi's Law and Prescription", "Its people eat fish and love salt, so they are safe and delicious. Fish makes people warm. Salt is better than blood, so people are black and careless, and their diseases are carbuncle, so the treatment should be stone. Therefore, stone knives also come from the East. " The "East" here is equivalent to the Shandong area of China. In recent years, a number of Han Dynasty stone reliefs with needles as the theme have been discovered in Shandong Province. The portrait stone is carved with the shape of half man and half bird, and the doctor is treating people with needles or needles. The shape of the bird obviously comes from the totem worship of the primitive clan, and the stone relief reflects the ancient legend about the origin of acupuncture.
Moxibustion
acupuncturology
It also originated from the clan commune system in primitive society. According to "Su Wenyi's Theory on the Righteousness of Law and Prescription", "The northerners are what heaven and earth hide. Its land is high, the wind is cold and the ice is cold, and the folk music is wild and milky. Tibetan cold is sickly, so moxibustion should be treated. So the moxibustion master is also from the north. " This record shows that the discovery of moxibustion is closely related to living habits in cold environment. In primitive society, people living in the north could not keep warm without fire. In addition, they live in the wild, eat milk, and are prone to abdominal cold pain and fullness, which is very suitable for hyperthermia. Therefore, after long-term experience accumulation, moxibustion and ironing therapy were invented. According to the investigation, our ancestors often used moxa as kindling material when drilling wood for fire or knocking flint for fire. Bone divination, which originated in the late primitive society, also burns animal bones with moxa. Obviously, this method of igniting with moxa provided the necessary conditions for the invention of moxibustion.