Acupuncture is known as an age-old healing art originated and developedin China

It has constituted one of the major means to protect the health ofthe people for many years

and it is regarded as important as as herb medicinein combating diseases in china

However

acupuncture suffered a serious set-back during the Ching Dynasty when acupuncture was denounced as beingharmful to the human body and was p(?)ohibited by the Manchu rulers

Althoughwidely used privately among the general population

acupuncture was not acce-