The transition of acupuncture and moxibustion in Japan in modern times after western medicine spreading to the East

The research methods, such as philology of medicine history and comparison between tradition and modern and so on were adopted in this article to study the acupuncture-moxibustion development after western medicine spreading to the East in Japan and its main transition under the impact of western me...

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Published inZhōngguó zhēnjiǔ Vol. 34; no. 4; p. 392
Main Author Li, Su-Yun
Format Journal Article
LanguageChinese
Published China 01.04.2014
Subjects
Acupuncture Therapy - history
Acupuncture Therapy - trends
History of Medicine
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Humans
Japan
Medicine - trends
Medicine in Literature
Moxibustion - history
Moxibustion - trends
Japan
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Summary:The research methods, such as philology of medicine history and comparison between tradition and modern and so on were adopted in this article to study the acupuncture-moxibustion development after western medicine spreading to the East in Japan and its main transition under the impact of western medicine. The results showed that from Meiji to Showa period, under the influence of western medicine, the transition of Japanese acupuncture-moxibustion mainly embodied in following three aspects, incuinng acupuncture works absorbing western medicine knowledge, applying experiment measures to explore acupuncture principle and launching acupuncture teaching in accordance with Europe and America academy educational pattern. The changes on acupuncture works, teaching materials and methods of researching and teaching have triggered the transition and transformation of Japanese acupuncture-moxibustion from tradition to modern.
ISSN:0255-2930