Abstract
The basics of traditional Chinese medicine were already written down 200 years B.C.. In the nineteenth century acupuncture nearly vanishing in China. Since 1950 the acupuncture was increasingly practiced again and was even develop further.
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The basics of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) already were written down 200 years B.C. in the work Huang Di Nei Jing.[1]
The first time acupuncture was mentioned by the historian Si Ma Jian in his Shi Ji (Historical reports) during the Han-Dynasty (206 B.C. to 220 A.D.).[2]
In historical times acupuncture was practised not only in China, but also in India, Sri Lanka, Korea and Japan. But only in China and Japan the tradition stayed alive until today.[3]
In the nineteenth century acupuncture nearly was vanishing in China during the Qing-dynasty. But in the People's Republic of China from 1950 on the acupuncture was practised a lot and esp. it got developed further decisively.[4]
Acupuncture was embedded in a health care system covering whole the country and trying to service also the rural areas. During the proletarian cultural revolution more than 300 000 medical workers were educated being able to cure normal sicknesses and graduated practitioners were moved from the cities to the countryside. Additionally there was about one million so called barefoot doctors. They are medical workers that take offer complete medical care up to surgery. They got their name because originally they were active in the rice growing areas of southern china and mostly were walking barefoot when taking care of the peasants on the fields. In the 1970s each Chinese village had at least two of this barefoot doctors. Acupuncture and acupressure were some of their main techniques. In the old China the main task of the barefoot doctors was prevention and health counselling while treatment and care taking of already sick persons were secondary.[5]
© 2006 Thailin Thai Massage Berlin- Cf. Stux (1999), p. 20
- Cf. Kubiena et al. (1991), p. 16
- Cf. Stux (1999), p. 1
- Cf. Stux (1999), p. 1
- Cf. Eckert (1996), p. 13
Bibliography
Eckert, E. (1996): Das Tao der Medizin. Grundlagen der Akupunktur und Akupressur. Heidelberg 1996.
Kubiena, G. / Meng, A. / Petricek, E. / Petricek, U. (1991): Handbuch der Akupunktur. Der chinesische und der moderne Weg. Wien 1991.
Stux, G. (1999): Einführung in die Akupunktur. 5. Ed. Berlin / Heidelberg / New York 1991.
