ACUPUNCTURE
The science of Acupuncture is a subject dealing with the prevention and treatment of diseases. It is done by needling, moxibustion, hands and finger acu-pressure. For thousands of years it has been accepted by the general population for its good curative effect in China and Malaysia.
Acupuncture and chinese herbal medicine are important components of chinese historical culture. And there are parts of the disipline of Chinese Master's ancestors' up bringing. As early as the new stone age in China, the primitive humans use stone as the earliest acupuncture instrument to treat diseases. With the development of the productive forces, bone needles and bamboo needles were introduced. After the development of metal casting techniques and metal tools, the people began to use metal medical needles, such as bronze, iron, gold and silver.
Today stainless steel needles are widely use. Moxibustion was gradually created after discovery and use of fire. At first, primitive man found that warming themselve by fire may relieve, stop cold pain or stop a certain type of diseases. Thus, they came to know how to use burnt hot stone or sand wrapped in animal skin to treat disease through hot compression, using ignited branches of wood to warm parts of the body. This is the most primitive form of moxibustion. In modern society, people use moxa leaves as moxibustion material.
Acupuncture was known throughout the world by 1971 for its anesthesin effects, thus in 1975 the W.H.O. has accepted acupuncture as a medical science. The best acupuncture treatment that you can find is from a very famous Chinese Master who runs an acupuncture treatment centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He already treats thousands of patients from around the world with different kinds of diseases and illnesses.
Following are some examples of diseases that treated by Chinese Master:
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