Acupuncture Recently, acupuncture
has become a (1)______ word in America.
(1) ______ Acupuncture was performed in China long before
the study of (2)______.
(2) ______ In very ancient
times, pieces of sharp stones were used to press or prick certain section of the
body in order to cure an illness. Later, needles were made from (3)______ and
bamboo.
(3) ______ In the course of time, the
Chinese people learned to make needles out of copper, iron, and silver. Today,
the needles are made of (4)______.
(4) ______ Important factors
in the acupuncture treatment:—The size and (5)______ of the needles.
(5) ______ The depth of the insertion. The
(6)______ of the time the needle should be left in the body. (6)
______ Finally, the number of needles used in each
treatment. The earliest recorded acupuncture cure took place
about (7)______ years ago.
(7) ______ The most important book on
acupuncture appeared in the Qin Dynasty. In the book, (8)______
basic points in human body were listed,
(8) ______ and a total of 649 points in a human body were
defined. A French (9)______ introduced it to the west at the
beginning of this century.
(9) ______ The first acupuncture clinicwas set up in (10)______
It was not until 1958 that the Chinese began to use acupuncture as an
anesthesia.
(10) ______