Analysis and reflection on characteristics of international communication of acupuncture and moxibustion popular in the West
10.3760/cma.j.cn115398-20221216-00237
- VernacularTitle:西方式针灸的国际传播特点分析与思考
- Author:
Huijun QIAO
1
,
2
;
Weiguo HU
;
Jingyuan LIU
;
Yuyang YANG
Author Information
1. 世界针灸学会联合会，北京
2. 100061
- Keywords:
Acupuncture and moxibustion;
Acupuncture and moxibustion popular in the West;
International communication
- From:
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2023;45(10):1212-1216
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
With the development of TCM acupuncture and moxibustion and the deepening of research in the western world, the concept of acupuncture and moxibustion popular in the West is formed. Acupuncture and moxibustion popular in the West can be divided into TCM acupuncture and moxibustion, which is continuously inherited and innovated in Western countries, Western medical acupuncture combined with Western civilization knowledge system (such as dry acupuncture therapy and electroacupuncture therapy), and classical acupuncture and moxibustion based on ancient Chinese tradition reinterpreted in Western countries (such as French space-time acupuncture and moxibustion, British five-element acupuncture and moxibustion). By investigating the development of Chinese acupuncture and moxibustion in the localization of the West, this article introduced the development history and knowledge system of several Western acupuncture and moxibustion, and put forward that Western acupuncture and moxibustion can be spread and promoted worldwide through hospital clinics, academic works, social organizations, education and training. Strengthening the attention to Western acupuncture and moxibustion can provide a world vision for the development of acupuncture and moxibustion in China and promote the academic prosperity and technological progress of the world acupuncture and moxibustion system.
