Acupuncture Timeline

1600 – 1100 BCE	Hieroglyphs and pictographs suggest the use of acupuncture.
200 BCE	Huang Di Nei Jing first written record of acupuncture.
1680 CE	First medical description of acupuncture by a European physician.
1822 CE	In China, education in acupuncture abolished from medical colleges but still practised rurally.
1929	Acupuncture outlawed along with other forms of traditional medicine.
1949	Chinese medical practices reactivated under The People’s Republic of China.
1950s	Acupuncture research institutes established.
1972	Nixon establishes relations with the People’s Republic of China and US physicians made fact-finding tours of China to assess acupuncture.
1995	(FDA) classified acupuncture needles as medical instruments with legislation to ensure their safety and effectiveness

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