What's going on with acupuncture in China

What's going on with acupuncture in China

What's going on with acupuncture in China

Acupuncture is a unique Chinese means of treating diseases. It is a kind of medical technique of "internal and external treatment". It is through the conduction of meridians and acupoints, as well as the application of certain operation methods, to treat systemic diseases. Clinically, according to the diagnosis and treatment methods of traditional Chinese medicine, the cause of the disease is diagnosed, the key is found, the nature is distinguished, the lesion belongs to which meridian and which viscera, and it is identified that it belongs to the type of surface and interior, cold and heat, virtual and real, and make a diagnosis. Then the corresponding acupuncture prescription is carried out for treatment. In order to pass the meridians, regulate qi and blood, so that yin and yang are relatively balanced, and the functions of the viscera tend to be harmonized, so as to achieve the purpose of disease prevention. Acupuncture therapy is part of the medical heritage of the motherland and a unique national medical method in China.

Acupuncture is also one of the most accepted methods of traditional Chinese medicine abroad. At present, there are 142 countries and regions in the world that carry out acupuncture and moxibustion medical treatment, and there are about 200,000 to 300,000 acupuncturists in the world. In the United States, TCM and acupuncture have been accepted by many people, and more than 60% of the students in the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine are non-Chinese. For more than 30 years, the school has trained more than 1,000 TCM acupuncturists. In the past 30 years, Chinese medicine has flourished in the United States. Of the 51 states in the United States, 43 have now passed legislation to establish the legality of TCM acupuncture for the treatment of patients.

In South Korea, the United States, Vietnam, France, Brazil and other countries, some government-run Western medicine hospitals have opened acupuncture clinics, and some have also set up traditional Chinese medicine clinics, improving the status of acupuncturists. Some clinics hold acupuncture and Chinese medicine teaching, and become a practical Xi clinic for local medical students, which not only cultivates local Chinese medicine and acupuncture talents, but also improves the academic level of the clinic.