Authors: Bai Xinghua and R. Date: Feb. Publisher: The Journal of Chinese Medicine. Document Type: Article. Length: 4, words.
Lexile Measure: L. Translate Article. Set Interface Language. Decrease font size. During the sixties, there was major revision of the great canons and they were summarized. The various therapeutic effects in different pathologies were studied and compared and anaesthesia using acupuncture became common. In addition to this, there was much research on how acupuncture affected the different viscera and organs of the human body. From the seventies, the use of acupuncture as an analgesic and anaesthetic was studied in depth and innumerable discoveries have been made in the fields of surgery, anaesthesiology, neuroatomy, the physiology of analgesia, biochemistry and so the list continues.
It could be said that acupuncture has entered a fourth stage of development. Scientists and researchers all over the world are concentrating their efforts on studying the "phenomenon of the propagation of stimuli along the meridians", something which was first discussed by Hwa Tuo over two thousand years ago, although not dismissing the ancient beliefs which are still relevant to this day Even though it may be impossible to completely replace the unique "treatment with needles", there have recently been many attempts at exploring therapies using lasers, microwaves and infra-red light.
On the left, dachang the large intestine , Shou Yangming Jingluo the Yang meridian of the "solar light" of the upper regions ; on the right, wei the stomach , Zhu Yangming Jingluo the Yang meridian of the "solar light" of the lower regions. On the left, shen the kidney , Shou Shaoyin Jingluo the lesser Yin meridian of the lower regions ; on the right, xin the heart , Zu Shaoyin Jingluo the lesser Yin meridian of the upper regions.
Acupuncture was introduced into Korea in the sixth century A. By A. Acupuncture and moxibustion were introduced into Japan during the Jin Dynasty and the Chinese government presented the Mikado with a copy of the Great Treaty on Acupuncture in A.
Throughout the seventh century, the Japanese government sent many doctors to China in order to attain the objective specified in a decree from A. After this point, "kampo" the study of acupuncture was a compulsory subject in all the medical schools of the country. The cultural exchange between China and the rest of the Southeast Asian countries led to the dissemination of acupuncture throughout the continent.
During the Ming Dynasty, in the fifteenth century, acupuncture was introduced into Europe, and France played an important role in its subsequent dissemination throughout the world. After the founding of the People's Republic of China in October, , and in accordance with all the Sino-Soviet treaties of cooperation, acupuncture was introduced into all communist countries.
In a move generated by Mao Zedong and Hwa Ko Feng, acupuncture once more regained the dignity it deserved and now the Institutes of Acupuncture in Beijing, Nanjing and Shanghai are the main educational institutions in the field of acupuncture in the whole world.
In , at the request of the WHO World Health Organization , courses in acupuncture and moxibustion to be given in Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, French and English were set up with the hope of achieving that organization's motto "health for all by the year " and up till now around six thousand doctors from over one hundred countries have been trained. In , the Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion Association was founded.
In May, , the International Association of Acupuncturists was founded in Gothenburg Switzerland with doctors from around fifty different countries including Portugal Macau and in November, , the World Federation of Acupuncture Societies was established thus reflecting the interest which the rest of the world is showing in this ancient Chinese therapy.
Bronze statuette from the 12th century. Acupuncture was being practised over fifteen centuries ago. The holes show the main puncture points for obtaining a balance in the patient's pneuma.
It is interesting to note the hermaphrodite anthromorphology of the figure. Museum of Mankind, Paris. Acceptance of some acupuncture applications. J Am Med Assoc ; : —7. Mann F.
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