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By 1757 a book documenting the history of Chinese medicine called acupuncture a "lost art". [28]: 160 Its decline was attributed in part to the popularity of prescriptions and medications, as well as its association with the lower classes. [132]: 188
Cheng Dan'an (Chinese: 承淡安; 1899 – 10 July 1957) was a Chinese acupuncturist who founded the first school of acupuncture in modern China, made widespread changes to the practice, and served as chairperson of the Chinese Medical Association.
The Zhenjiu dacheng was compiled by Ming dynasty physician Yang Jizhou (杨继洲; 1522–1620), whose grandfather was an imperial physician. [10] Yang originally intended to only write about the medical traditions in his family that had been collected in a manuscript titled Weisheng zhenjiu xuanji miyao (衛生針灸玄機秘要), or Mysterious and Secret Essentials of Acupuncture and ...
Hua Tuo (c. 140–208), courtesy name Yuanhua, was a Chinese physician who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty. [1] Historical texts, such as Records of the Three Kingdoms and Book of the Later Han record Hua Tuo as having been the first person in China to use anaesthesia during surgery.
Between 256 and 260, toward the end of the state of Cao Wei, he compiled the Canon of Acupuncture and Moxibustion (simplified Chinese: 针灸甲乙经; traditional Chinese: 針灸甲乙經; pinyin: Zhēnjiǔ jiǎyǐ jīng; Wade–Giles: Chen 1-chiu 3 chia 3-i 3 ching 1), a collection of various texts on acupuncture written in earlier periods.
Chinese herbal medicine has been a major cause of acute liver failure in China. [214] The harvesting of guano from bat caves (yemingsha) brings workers into close contact with these animals, increasing the risk of zoonosis. [215] The Chinese virologist Shi Zhengli has identified dozens of SARS-like coronaviruses in samples of bat droppings. [216]
Wang Weiyi (pinyin: Wáng wéiyī; 987–1067 [1]), also known as Wang Weide (王惟德), was a Chinese physician and writer of the Song dynasty.He was as an expert on acupuncture famous for creating bronze figure models and compiling a book on the subject.
Acupuncture: Acupuncture, the traditional Chinese medicinal practice of inserting needles into specific points of the body for therapeutic purposes and relieving pain, was first mentioned in Huangdi Neijing compiled from the 3rd to 2nd centuries B.C. (Warring States period to Han dynasty). [48]