Thursday, April 26th, 2012
SEOUL, KOREA — “Acupuncture Began in Korea.”
The oldest medical book in China, Huangdi Neijing (475-221 BC or 206 BCE–220 BCE), states its first text, Suwen that “stone needle acupuncture came from the East”. Also from another ancient text originating in China, Shan hai Jing (BC 202∼AD 220), said that “jade is abundant in the village where the Go people live, and many stone needles are there underneath”. These statements support that acupuncture began in Korea.