A Study On The Origin And Development Of Nine-needle

Nine-needle is the nine kind of medical instruments created by the ancient people in our country,it is the crystallization of collective wisdom of Chinese ancient ancestors.The emergence of the nine-needle not only marks the formal formation of acupuncture therapy,and occupies an important position in later generations to cure diseases,but also to the development of the history of acupuncture and moxibustion in our country and the development of China's history of medicine is of great significance.Therefore,it is necessary for us to study and research further on the nine-needle.Based on nine-needle as the research object,using literature research method,this paper will Huang Di Nei Jing of the nine-needle documented and discussed as the basis of research.At the same time,through to the ancient literature collation related to nine-needle with comprehensive and systemic,and combining the modern relevant unearthed relics of textual research,to tease out nine –needle origin and formation of the historical context.On the basis of this,focusing on some key issues in the process of the origin and formation of nine-needle: including whether the “needle” and the“stone needle” are the same;whether there is a situation existed during the process of the development of needling instrument that “Iron needles instead of stone needle”;the stone needle is really gone or not;what's the relationship of nine needles and the sphygmology;and nine-needle in the clinical application status of each historical period,and so on.Hope that through this study on these problems,further sorted out the origin and formation history of nine-needle,and at the same time more in-depth and comprehensive understanding of nine-needle itself.This study in promoting the nine-needle and needling instrument further development at the same time,to promote the development of nine-needle also for the history of acupuncture and Chinese medical research provides a new angle,and can provide a reference for the further restoring of nine-needle and the clinical information of nine-needle.