The earliest acupuncture needles preserved in archaeological context are from sites dated roughly 400 BCE.
The oldest surviving acupuncture manual is the “Huang Di Nei Jing.” Chinese tradition says it is a compilation of several texts written around 2500 BC. This is probably an exaggeration but the earliest reference to the book in other literature is from around 250 BC.
The oldest surviving acupuncture manual is the “Huang Di Nei Jing.” Chinese tradition says it is a compilation of several texts written around 2500 BC. This is probably an exaggeration but the earliest reference to the book in other literature is from around 250 BC.
