When did acupuncture originate?

The origin of acupuncture is thought to be earlier than drugs, this conclusion may be a subjective imaginary inference, it is difficult to have a firm basis. Needle or moxibustion medical method, need to use medical tools, and need to be acupuncture a certain part of the body, it should be said that it is more difficult than the accumulation of knowledge of the drug. The development of acupuncture tools, generally there is such a process, that is, acupuncture stone, alkali, Pro,, needles. In this way, the development of its quality improvement seems to be by acupuncture stone and stone needles, bamboo needles wood thorns, bone needles, bronze needles, iron needles, gold and silver needles ...... and so on. Acupuncture stone in ancient times is not only used for stabbing the disease, and more for surgical septic infections cut open pus is more likely. Jin Dynasty Guo Pu in the annotation of the "Classic of Mountains and Seas - East Mountain Scripture" of the Prostone said: "can be for the mainstay of the needle, the treatment of carbuncles and swellings." Hao Yi line of the Qing dynasty "mountain and sea scripture paper" that "when the main stone for the acupuncture word of the error". The Southern History - Wang侩儒 biography" cited note, can be acupuncture needle is also. "Shuowen Jiezi" note: "acupuncture, stone prick disease also." Visible, acupuncture stone in ancient times, one is the treatment of suppurative infections abscesses, a stone to stab the disease may include acupuncture acupuncture points within the therapy. To distinguish exactly is almost impossible to solve the puzzle. Now let us briefly quote the sage on this issue of the relevant discussions, as the basis for analyzing the study.

Zuozhuan Xianggong twenty-third year (550 years ago), contains "beauty (disease) is not as good as the evil stone", the East Han Dynasty scribe clothing piety in the "Spring and Autumn Zuo's biography of the understanding of the friendship" in the commentary: "stone, acupuncture stone." The Classic of Mountains and Seas - East Mountain Scripture recorded: "Gao's mountain, on which there is a lot of jade, and under which there is a lot of stone." Proverbs stone has been described as before. "Su Wen - different method of prescription theory" describes the regional nature of the disease, said: "so the domain of the East, ...... its disease is mostly carbuncle ulcers, the treatment of which is suitable for acupuncture stone." Wang Bing of the Tang Dynasty made a note pointed out that: "acupuncture stone, said the stone for the needle also." The Han Book - Arts and Letters Zhi" has "with the degree of the stone stone soup fire applied" sentence, the Tang Dynasty Yan Shigu made a note that: "stone, acupuncture stone, that is, stone aphorisms. Ancient attack on the disease is counseling, and now the art is gone." Most modern scholars believe that acupuncture stone for the mother of the needle, so we are here to discuss more of the views of many famous acupuncture stone. If the needle from the stone is correct, then discuss the origin of acupuncture and moxibustion must naturally clarify the original use of stone, we believe that the needle from the point of view of stone is correct, the origin of acupuncture and moxibustion should be justified, not only from the literature to find out a lot of basis, in the excavation of the primitive society, neolithic sites have a lot of stone existence, decades ago, the folk of the magnetic acupuncture and other primitive medical treatment methods in a number of areas still Application is also a strong evidence. China's archaeological excavations, the primitive society of stone, stone needles, bone needles, bronze needles and so on more and more, and many shapes are generally similar to the discussion of the origin of acupuncture has added valuable information. As for the traditional point of view, such as the "road history" said "Fu Xi's ...... is tasted taste of all kinds of medicine, and the system of nine needles", it is clear that the system of nine needles when the late in the production of needles, even later in the stone stone of the production and application. If Fuxi system of nine needles of the historical story has a certain degree of authenticity, then the Fuxi era is equivalent to the primitive society of the caveman period, stone used in surgery, acupuncture when there are tens of thousands of years of history.