Ni: Learning Chinese medicine should start with acupuncture. Acupuncture is easy to learn but difficult to refine. Let's start from the beginning.

The best way to learn Chinese medicine is to start with acupuncture. This point was also mentioned by Professor Xia Hai in Liang Dong's program. This is actually a very simple truth. It's so convenient to practice after learning meridians and acupoints that you don't need to buy medicinal materials. I remember when I was still studying at the University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, many villagers would come to me for acupuncture to solve some problems every time I went back to my hometown. I just need to bring my needle bag, nothing else. Of course, I will still let them go to the hospital to find a doctor I know about the disease I was not sure about at that time. During the holiday, I went to the local Chinese medicine hospital for self-study and got to know a lot of local Chinese medicine practitioners. Many theories and practices are quite solid.

Starting from this article, we will learn about meridians and acupoints bit by bit, and gradually introduce the knowledge about meridian circulation and acupoint indications. If we can learn all the contents systematically, even if we can't become a doctor, we can still have some means of self-care for our little problems. First of all, let's learn about the development of acupuncture meridians!

At present, the earliest record of meridians and acupoints is Huangdi Neijing, which is divided into two books, one is Su Wen, which talks about health preservation and some basic theories of traditional Chinese medicine; Another book is called Lingshu, which talks about some basic knowledge of meridians and acupoints and acupuncture, so Lingshu is also called Acupuncture Sutra by later generations. Ling Shu has nine volumes and eighty-one articles. This book was written in the Warring States period. At present, it is generally believed that it was not written by one person, but by the wisdom of many doctors. In these 81 short articles, I talked about nine needles and acupuncture, meridian and acupoint system, acupuncture for four seasons, acupuncture for reinforcing and reducing, diagnosis and treatment of visceral diseases, such as inspection, pulse diagnosis and the relationship between man and nature. It can be said that it is the foundation stone of acupuncture and meridian. But Huangdi Neijing? The record of acupoints in Lingshu was not completely formed, and the acupoints contained in it were not comprehensive until the later Acupuncture A-B Classic appeared.

The Classic of Acupuncture and Moxibustion A and B was written by Pumi Di in the Western Jin Dynasty. From the Warring States to the Western Jin Dynasty, it experienced many changes, but the length problem was ignored, because it can be said that Acupuncture A-B Classic is a work connecting the past and the future, which fully summarizes the knowledge of predecessors and has made a qualitative leap. This book has 12 volumes and 128 articles. Among them, the first six volumes introduce the basic theory of acupuncture at meridians and acupoints, which is equivalent to modern acupuncture, and the last six volumes introduce the etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of various diseases in detail, which is equivalent to modern acupuncture. Acupuncture and Moxibustion Classic A and B is the first acupuncture monograph that applies theoretical knowledge to clinic. Its content is detailed, including indications and contraindications of acupoints and the intensity of moxibustion.

Since then, with the changes of the times, acupuncture has gradually developed into the Tang Dynasty. A man named Sun Simiao appeared. Although Sun Simiao is known as the "King of Medicine", his achievements are not limited to medicine. His achievements in acupuncture can not be ignored. In addition to the famous "Qian Jin Fang", he also wrote "Tang Ming Acupuncture Map". He advocated that "to be a good doctor, you must first check the pulse and prescription, then acupuncture, internal and external support, and the disease will recover." He was the first doctor who invented the finger comparison method to select points, which made it more convenient to select points simply. His "Ashi point" is a very important point selection method so far. He was the first to put forward the special points of acupuncture and found effective points for many diseases outside the meridians. He was the first to put forward the health moxibustion method, and suggested that doctors should be able to use acupuncture and acupuncture medicine to treat diseases. Thirteen Gui points in Sun Simiao are well known to people who know Chinese medicine. For some relatively evil diseases in ancient times, especially those in consciousness and spirit, the ancients did not understand them and blamed them on ghosts and gods, so they were called ghost caves, but this does not mean that they are useless in modern times. Thirteen points in Sun Simiao are currently used by many clinicians to treat conscious and mental diseases. I'd rather believe that he really lived to 140, otherwise how could he have achieved so much?

There is another person worth mentioning in the history of acupuncture development. He was Yang Jizhou of the Ming Dynasty. He has a book called Acupuncture and Moxibustion, and he is also a master who summarizes the previous acupuncture and moxibustion experience. The book has a total of 65,438+00 volumes, recording acupuncture points before the Ming Dynasty and previous acupuncture works, as well as dozens of acupuncture songs, notes on meridians, five acupoints, eight methods of Guiling, fourteen meridians and viscera. There is also a classic of children's massage, which is the earliest monograph on children's massage. The original book was lost and handed down from generation to generation by Yang Jizhou's Acupuncture Dacheng.

The above books, Huangdi Neijing, Acupuncture Classics and Acupuncture Classics, are all turning points in the development of acupuncture in various times, and are also the most recommended books for learning acupuncture. so this is it？ Don't! Acupuncture is two therapeutic methods, acupuncture and moxibustion. In this article, we mainly introduce meridians and acupoints and acupuncture, but moxibustion has not been mentioned yet! So much for space. Interested people can study acupuncture, meridians and acupoints with me in detail. In Zhang Zhongjing's words, "although we can't cure all diseases", we can also "save lives and live a long life".

I am Xinglin, a little Chinese doctor who likes to learn. Systematically study the knowledge of acupuncture, meridians and acupoints. See you next time!