Although acupuncture theory is a fundamental part of the Huangdi Neijing, the clinical application of the needle therapy in ancient China was always a limited one. From early times there have been warnings that acupun...Although acupuncture theory is a fundamental part of the Huangdi Neijing, the clinical application of the needle therapy in ancient China was always a limited one. From early times there have been warnings that acupuncture might do harm. In books like Zhang Zhongjing＇s Shanghanlun it plays only a marginal role. Among the 400 emperors in Chinese history, acupuncture was hardly ever applied. After Xu Dachun called acupuncture a ＂lost tradition＂ in 1757, the abolition of acupuncture and moxibustion from the Imperial Medical Academy in 1822 was a radical, but consequent act. When traditional Chinese medicine was revived after 1954, the ＂New Acupuncture＂ was completely different from what it had been in ancient China. The conclusion, however, is a positive one： The best time acupuncture ever had was not the Song dynasty or Yuan dynasty, but is now - and the future of acupuncture does not lie in old scripts, but in ourselves.展开更多
The Shanghai Journal of Acupuncture andMoxibustion and Journal of Acupuncture and TuinaScience witnessed a development of numerousauthors. On the occasion of the 6^(th) anniversary ofJournal of Acupuncture and Tuina S...The Shanghai Journal of Acupuncture andMoxibustion and Journal of Acupuncture and TuinaScience witnessed a development of numerousauthors. On the occasion of the 6^(th) anniversary ofJournal of Acupuncture and Tuina Science, I'd like toshare my ideas about several issues on acupuncture-moxibustionscience.展开更多
文摘Although acupuncture theory is a fundamental part of the Huangdi Neijing, the clinical application of the needle therapy in ancient China was always a limited one. From early times there have been warnings that acupuncture might do harm. In books like Zhang Zhongjing＇s Shanghanlun it plays only a marginal role. Among the 400 emperors in Chinese history, acupuncture was hardly ever applied. After Xu Dachun called acupuncture a ＂lost tradition＂ in 1757, the abolition of acupuncture and moxibustion from the Imperial Medical Academy in 1822 was a radical, but consequent act. When traditional Chinese medicine was revived after 1954, the ＂New Acupuncture＂ was completely different from what it had been in ancient China. The conclusion, however, is a positive one： The best time acupuncture ever had was not the Song dynasty or Yuan dynasty, but is now - and the future of acupuncture does not lie in old scripts, but in ourselves.
基金The Key laboratory of acupuncture-immune effects of State Administration of Traditional Chinese MedicineShanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project (S30304)
文摘The Shanghai Journal of Acupuncture andMoxibustion and Journal of Acupuncture and TuinaScience witnessed a development of numerousauthors. On the occasion of the 6^(th) anniversary ofJournal of Acupuncture and Tuina Science, I'd like toshare my ideas about several issues on acupuncture-moxibustionscience.
