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Particularly in this time in Chinese history, unbalance and disunity was spread through the lands of China. This happened after the fall of the Han Dynasty. Buddhism is was introduced in this period. The dynasties that were in this time period were Three Kingdoms which were Cao Wei, Shu Han, Dong Wu (220-265 AD), Jin Dynasty (265-420 AD), and the Northern and Southern Dynasty (386-589 AD).
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In Three Kingdoms, Cao Wei, Shu Han, Dong Wu ruled the land. Huang Fu Mi was a great physician that organized and translated the acupuncture documents from ancient literature to classic text. This creation made the Systematics Classics of Acupuncture and Moxibustion. The text described 349 acupuncture points in twelve volume.
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Huang Fu Mi finishes translating and organizing acupuncture documents and creating the Systematics Classics of Acupuncture and Moxibustion.
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265 AD Xu Xi family are known as the experts of in the art of acupuncture. Popularity of acupuncture rose in the Jin Dynasty.
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Sun Simio wrote Prescription with a Thousand Gold for Emergencies. Includes data on acupuncture from various scholars. Acupuncture became a special branch of medicine and practitioners. People who practiced this became Acupuncturists. Acupuncture schools started popping up and acupuncture education became part of the imperial medical bureau.
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Wang Weiyi finishes The Illustrated Manual on Points for Acupuncture and Moxibustion.
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This time period was where majority of the acupuncture became more advanced. This was known as the Enlightment Period. Wang Gendung, in this dynasty, wrote 120 encyclopedia volumes which was called The Principle and Practice of Medicine.
People then began working outside of the primary meridians adding more points to the body and the addition of moxa sticks that help in indirect treatment. They refined and made new techniques and manipulated the practice of Acupuncture. -
Yang Jizhou writes Principles of Acupuncture and Moxibustion.
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Herbal medicine becomes popular and the practice of acupuncture is supressed.
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Continued popularity of herbal medicine declines the popularity of acupuncture.
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When Western Medicine is introduced to the China, both fields of herbology and acupuncture are supressed. This happened before the revolution began
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In this time in Chinese history, the communist party began to integrate the practice of acupuncture in the medical system.
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Acupuncture research continued to study clinical effects on various diseases, acupuncture anesthesia, and acupuncture’s effects on internal organs.
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Acupuncture remains important to China’s medical system. China has taken the lead in researching all aspects of acupuncture’s application and clinical effects.
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One of the US Press Corp team with President Nixon had to get an appendextomy during his visit. He recovered by the use of acupuncture.
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National Health interview survey found that about 8.2 million U.S. adults have received acupuncture treatments.
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Acupuncture moves toward the mainstream, in the past few years the number of hospitals offering acupuncture and other therapies has doubled. Acupuncture is more widely considered a serious treatment for chronic pain.
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Facial acupuncture becomes more commonly used as an alternative for botox and other chemical injections to smooth wrinkles.
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Acupuncture is more commonly used on companion animals with chronic pain, arthritis, and other similar conditions.
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A new study finds acupuncture to provide true pain relief. (migraines, arthritis, and other forms of chronic pain).
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Kids Undergo Acupuncture Treatments
Childrens' Hospital Los Angeles began using this to help treat infants from eighteen to twenty-two months. Please click on the link to see its treatment and the effective result. -
Forty National Football League players receive regular acupuncture treatments.
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By 2014, Obama Care will begin to recognize acupuncture as a profession which will open coverage on all or most acupuncture practices.
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The reign of the Xu Xi family in the experts in the art of acupuncture diminishes. This ended in the Northern and Southern Dynasties; however, acupuncture was still popular.
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Sun Simio finishes writing the Prescription with a Thousand Gold for Emergencies.
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Wang Weiyi writes The Illustrated Manual on Points for Acupuncture and Moxibustion. This included the description of 657 points of acupuncture.
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No notable acupuncture achievements in this period.
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The capital city of the Tang Dynasty was called Chang’an. It was one of most integrated city with many cultural and religious influences such as Buddhism. It is felt extremely around the buildings built in the early part of the dynasty.
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No notable acupuncture acievements in this dynasty.
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Rice cultivation helped flourish the dynasty with the population that doubled through time. Marco Polo made the journey to China in this dynasty. International trade was important in this time. Private trading companies shipped many items such as Chinese Tea, silk, and iron made by mills that made 200 million pounds of iron every year.
