Traditional Chinese Medicine
The medical treatise Huang Di Neijing, attributed to the
Yellow Emperor (2697-2597 BC), mentions the importance of spiritual
balance, acupuncture and herbal medicine in treating illnesses, and
attests to the venerable age of China's medical beliefs - it may
well be a compilation of an even earlier text. Acupuncture was
certainly in use by the Han period, as tombs in Hebei dated to 113
BC have yielded acupuncture needles made of gold and silver.
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