Acupuncture
Credence is given to Huang Di, the Yellow Lord or Yellow Emperor, who gave authorship to the Huang Di Nei Ching (the Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine).
It is also known that the ancient Chinese were able to use stone tools to incise abscesses, drain pus and let blood for therapeutic purposes. These stone tools were know as bian shi (sharp stone). With accumulation of experience, refining of technique and improved stone manufacturing the bian shi were developed into a specialised medical tools by the time of the New Stone Age.
Evidence of 4.5-inch stone needles have been found in New Stone Age ruins in Inner Mongolia and Shandong.
This is powerful evidence that acupuncture originated early in primitive society. Gradually the use of bone and bamboo needles developed and with the discovery of the meridian theory acupuncture therapy emerged.
It is also known that the ancient Chinese were able to use stone tools to incise abscesses, drain pus and let blood for therapeutic purposes. These stone tools were know as bian shi (sharp stone). With accumulation of experience, refining of technique and improved stone manufacturing the bian shi were developed into a specialised medical tools by the time of the New Stone Age.
Evidence of 4.5-
This is powerful evidence that acupuncture originated early in primitive society. Gradually the use of bone and bamboo needles developed and with the discovery of the meridian theory acupuncture therapy emerged.
Acupuncture