Acupuntura japonesa: su desarrollo a lo largo de la historia

Abstract

Japan has a rich history of remarkable events that shaped it to become one of the world's leading powers in our time. Japanese Traditional Medicine, particularly acupuncture, has been directly influenced by these events. This is evident from the rudimentary Jomon period, going through periods of very turbulent social and geopolitical conditions such as the Heian and Edo periods, which influenced and changed the course of the acupuncture that had been practiced from China. Such events gave rise to what we know today as Japanese acupuncture. After 1,500 years of being used in the clinical field, Japanese acupuncture now faces the great challenge of establishing a firm scientific evidence base to support its claims. To achieve this it is necessary to understand where its particular characteristics come from, from its contextualization in the historical events that have shaped it over the years