Acupuncture's origins in China are uncertain. One explanation is that some soldiers wounded in battle by arrow were cured of chronic afflictions that were otherwise untreated, and there are variations on this idea.
In China the practice of acupuncture can perhaps be traced as far back as the Stone Age, with the Bian shi, or sharpened stones.
In 1963 a bian stone was found in Duolon County, Mongolia pushing the origins of acupuncture into the Neolithi age.
Hieroglyphs and pictographs have been found dating from the Shang Dynasti (1600-1100 BCE) which suggest that acupuncture was practiced along with moxibustion.
Despite improvements in metallurgi over centuries, it was not until the 2nd century BCE during the Han Dynasti that stone and bone needles were replaced with metal.
The earliest records of acupuncture is in the Shiji with references in later medical texts that are equivocal, but could be interpreted as discussing acupuncture.
The earliest Chinese medical text to describe acupuncture is the Huangdi Neijing the legendary Classic of Internal Medicine (History of Acupuncture) which was compiled around 305–204 B.C. The Huangdi Neijing does not distinguish between acupuncture and moxibustion and gives the same indication for both treatments. The Mawangdu texts, which also date from the second century BC though antedating both the Shiji and Huangdi Neijing, mentions the use of pointed stones to open abscesses and moxibustion but not acupuncture, but by the second century BCE, acupuncture replaced moxibustion as the primary treatment of systemic conditions.
In Europe, examinations of the 5,000-year-old mummified body of Ötzi the Icema have identified 15 groups of tattooson his body, some of which are located on what are now seen as contemporary acupuncture points. This has been cited as evidence that practices similar to acupuncture may have been practiced elsewhere in Eurasi during the early Bronze.
In China the practice of acupuncture can perhaps be traced as far back as the Stone Age, with the Bian shi, or sharpened stones.
In 1963 a bian stone was found in Duolon County, Mongolia pushing the origins of acupuncture into the Neolithi age.
Hieroglyphs and pictographs have been found dating from the Shang Dynasti (1600-1100 BCE) which suggest that acupuncture was practiced along with moxibustion.
Despite improvements in metallurgi over centuries, it was not until the 2nd century BCE during the Han Dynasti that stone and bone needles were replaced with metal.
The earliest records of acupuncture is in the Shiji with references in later medical texts that are equivocal, but could be interpreted as discussing acupuncture.
The earliest Chinese medical text to describe acupuncture is the Huangdi Neijing the legendary Classic of Internal Medicine (History of Acupuncture) which was compiled around 305–204 B.C. The Huangdi Neijing does not distinguish between acupuncture and moxibustion and gives the same indication for both treatments. The Mawangdu texts, which also date from the second century BC though antedating both the Shiji and Huangdi Neijing, mentions the use of pointed stones to open abscesses and moxibustion but not acupuncture, but by the second century BCE, acupuncture replaced moxibustion as the primary treatment of systemic conditions.
In Europe, examinations of the 5,000-year-old mummified body of Ötzi the Icema have identified 15 groups of tattooson his body, some of which are located on what are now seen as contemporary acupuncture points. This has been cited as evidence that practices similar to acupuncture may have been practiced elsewhere in Eurasi during the early Bronze.
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