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1American TCM Society, Dermatopathology Service and Herb Acupuncture Clinic, Bridgewater, New Jersey, USA.
Medical Acupuncture
|December 23, 2024
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Recently unearthed Tinhui Medical Slips, dating back to 2nd century BCE, demonstrates the 12th meridian in Chinese medicine as an anatomy-based discovery. This is equivalent to the persistent median artery, which was later incorporated into Neijing meridian theory and set the foundation for traditional acupuncture today.
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