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The Chinese
and other Eastern peoples have been using acupuncture to restore,
promote and maintain good health for about 2,500 years. The first
medical account of acupuncture was 'The Yellow Emperor's Classic of
Internal Medicine' which dates from about 300 BC. Acupuncture is rooted
in the Daoist philosophy of change, growth, balance and harmony, and
this text outlines the principles of natural law and the movements
of life - yin and yang, the Five Elements, the organ system and the
meridian network along which acupuncture points are located.
Today acupuncture is used far more extensively in China than in the
West, in a hospital-based system with facilities for treating acute
as well as chronic cases. The national policy is to pursue both systems
side by side, with extensive clinical research. |
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