Because acupuncture has unique advantages, there are a wide range of indications, efficacy swift and significant, the operation method is simple, medical expenses, economy, very few side effects, far away in the Tang Dynasty, Chinese acupuncture and moxibustion had already spread to Japan, Korea, India, the Arab and other countries and regions, and in other countries bear fruit breeding with exotic features some acupuncture medicine. So far, acupuncture has spread to more than 140 countries and regions, in order to safeguard life and health of mankind as a whole played a significant role.
Acupuncture is the ancient Chinese natural and social environment of a particular grow up in scientific and cultural knowledge, contains the unique spirit of the Chinese nation, thinking and culture has been the practice of a large number of Han-Na observation, knowledge systems and technology skills, crystallization of the Chinese nation great vitality and creativity, is the crystallization of the wisdom of the Chinese nation, but also a treasure of civilization to all mankind and should be better protection and utilization.
Ancient Chinese people's way a long time ago on the use of acupuncture and physical health. In the "Huang Di Nei Jing," said master of acupuncture doctor health technology, "start work", "Lingshu Nishun" Zhongyun: "An ounce of thorns its outstanding living people."

By the Tang Dynasty, acupuncture care has occupied a considerable place, as in "Qian Jin Yao Fang", in relation to areas discussed a number of acupuncture for the health-care materials. Song Wang Zhizhong with the "acupuncture-owned or student", the recorded use of acupuncture to prevent a variety of diseases, such as barbed diarrhea throttle back and so is not fat ulcer. Acupuncture is also advocated by the Ming dynasty physicians health care, high-wu in the "acupuncture poly English," Lane said: "The disease-free and the first acupuncture Says reverse, reverse, do not suggest the welcoming of the people." Inverse, that is, the meaning of disease prevention. Pan Wei Qing Dynasty such as "health requirements" a book also elucidates the role of acupuncture in health care, he said: "People of the organs Blood-gas muscular meridians, Japanese are not careful, exogenous evils stem of the disease.
Gu Zhiren Acupuncture-based ... ... So, Lee joints and blood, so that speed to the evil, evil to the positive self-recovery, are complex and self-healing disease. "
The so-called acupuncture health care, is to use acupuncture needle stimulates the body to a certain acupuncture points to stimulate the meridians of the gas, make up the body metabolism strong, and thus play a strong body, longevity purposes. Such health approach is to acupuncture health care. Acupuncture health care and acupuncture treatment method is basically the same though, but the focus is different from acupuncture treatment aimed at correcting the body of yin and yang, qi and blood of the Piansheng partial decline, while the acupuncture health care is focused on strong body, improve metabolism ability to health life extension. It is because of the focus of the two different points is reflected in the election, with a needle, there is also some difference. If for health care, acupuncture techniques should moderate stimulus intensity,
Selected points is not appropriate, and should have a strong effect of the main points.

Health Moxibustion is one of the ways China's unique health, not only for physical health, chronic illness can also be used for the rehabilitation of physically weak persons. The so-called health-care moxibustion, that is, some specific points on the body moxibustion in order to achieve and blood, adjusting meridians, raise organs, longevity purposes. "Medical Getting Started" Lane said: "The less drugs, needles shall not be moxibustion's" show moxibustion can play needles, drugs sometimes can not play a role. As for the health effects of moxibustion, as early as in the "Bian Que Xin Shu" there are well documented: "Man in the disease-free, often moxibustion Guan Yuan, air sea, Mingmen ... ... although not very long life, will also get 100 I-year-old carry on. "
Country attaches great importance to the intangible cultural heritage protection, May 20, 2006, acupuncture by the State Council approved the inclusion of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage site. June 5, 2007, established by the State Ministry of Culture, China's Wang Xue, Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion Society moss He Puren for the transmission of cultural heritage, the project representative who was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage items 226 representation of the list of heritage.