[Brief talk about the main cultural quintessence and diagnostic and therapeutic techniques of acupuncture and moxibustion protection].
Acupuncture and moxibustion are a distinctive therapy created by ancient working people of our country, with a long history. Medical practices of long-term form the theories about channels and collaterals, acupoints and indications of acupoints and produce a series of therapeutic methods, such as Ziwu Liuzhu method, filiform needle needling method, moxibustion, scrapping therapy, cupping therapy and Qigong therapy. These distinctive traditional therapeutic ways play great roles in prevention and treatment of diseases in the Chinese nation. The authors expound culture concept and origins of history culture, and facing problems and challenge of above-mentioned theories and therapeutic methods and hold that main culture quintessence and diagnostic and therapeutic techniques of acupuncture and moxibustion very need to be inherited, protected and further sorted out and studied.
Zhang
Li
L
Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China. zhangli1542@sina.com
Yang
Jin-Sheng
JS
Zhu
Bing
B
Wu
Xiao-Dong
XD
Zhang
Li-Jian
LJ
Li
Su-Yun
SY
Wang
Ying-Ying
YY
D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D001945:Breathing Exercises; D003469:Culture; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D009071:Moxibustion