Acupuncture is the great invention of the ancient Chinese, the only oldest and vibrant medical technique in the world, and how long its history is cannot be unknown as a Chinese. In fact, we do not need archaeological evidence, just common sense to deduce how long its history is. You know the idioms of “acupuncture” and “painful acupuncture”, from these idioms we can guess that “acupuncture” is a healing tool like a needle, in fact, acupuncture is a stone made of Needle, that is, the Han Dynasty “Shuowen Jiezi” said “acupuncture, with stone stabbing disease also”, acupuncture is the predecessor of the needle. Therefore, acupuncture therapy must have originated in the Neolithic Age, and the Neolithic Age is 10,000 to 4,000 years ago, 2,000 years BC China entered the Bronze Age, the exact time of the origin of acupuncture therapy is estimated to be difficult to determine, but at least 4,000 years of history. From the foundation of Chinese medicine acupuncture “Huangdi Neijing” can be seen, after the invention of metal needles, acupuncture did not immediately die out, but coexisted for a period of time, so there is the needle and acupuncture. The exact time of the origin of moxibustion therapy is also difficult to determine, but the earliest extant acupuncture book is moxibustion sutra rather than needle sutra, namely the “foot and arm eleven pulse moxibustion sutra” and “yin and Yang eleven pulse moxibustion sutra” unearthed in the Western Han tomb of Mawangdui, these two ancient meridian writings are earlier than the These two ancient meridians were written before the Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine, so it is inferred that moxibustion therapy is not later than needle therapy. The main material of moxibustion is mugwort, which was also used by ancient people to grill oracle bones for divination, which also shows the long history of moxibustion. During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, moxibustion was very popular, because the sage Confucius and Mencius used moxibustion to reason and make analogies. For example, in “Zhuangzi – Theft and Plantar”, “Liu Xiaji said: ‘The plantar has no contrary to your will if the former? Confucius said: ‘Yes, Qiu said no disease and self-moxibustion also.'” No disease and self-moxibustion is to ask for suffering or trouble, because the ancient moxibustion mostly used direct moxibustion, grilled flesh is more painful. Mencius said “seven years of illness, seeking three years of moxa”, meaning that the disease is very long before remembering to use aged moxa leaves without early preparation, the matter is too late to find something, because the moxa should be used to put a longer time good. All in all, acupuncture has a long history, at least 4,000 years.