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Update Date: 2008/07/04 04:34, Reported by Qi Leyi in Taipei
In June of this year, the Korean Medical Association claimed that Korean acupuncture standards would replace Chinese standards as the global benchmark. However, the World Health Organization (WHO) has privately apologized to China and condemned South Korea for this statement.
In recent years, South Korea's "plundering" of Chinese traditional culture and its rush to register these as world heritage has been astonishing. In 2006, after research by Koreans, Confucius was claimed to be Korean; "Chinese medicine" should be renamed "Korean medicine"; and Shennong (the Yan Emperor) and Li Shizhen, the author of "Compendium of Materia Medica," were both said to be of Korean descent. This year, they escalated their claims by asserting that the global acupuncture standards would be based on the Korean version.
What is the truth? The Hong Kong newspaper "Wen Wei Po" recently interviewed Huang Longxiang, an expert involved in the formulation of WHO's international standards for acupuncture points, who explained the ins and outs of the incident.
He said that according to WHO standards, there are 361 acupuncture points on the human body, of which 359 are based on Chinese standards, accounting for nearly 100%. The claim that "Korean acupuncture replaces Chinese" is completely false.
With the increasing popularity of acupuncture internationally, to unify standards, experts from China, Japan, and South Korea under WHO began researching and formulating the "International Standard for Acupuncture Points" in 2003, which was completed last year.
Unexpectedly, on June 18, the Korean Medical Association claimed that there are 361 acupuncture points on the human body, and that 357 of these points recognized by the international standard adopted Korean medical standards, accounting for nearly 99%. WHO did not choose the acupuncture point locations from China and Japan as standards, indicating that "Korean acupuncture has become the international standard."
In response to this claim, Huang Longxiang, the only expert from China, Japan, and South Korea to attend all eleven WHO acupuncture point standard-setting meetings, pointed out that under the organization of WHO, experts from the three countries did hold the first acupuncture standard-setting meeting in Manila, Philippines, in 2003. Due to serious disagreements and a poor atmosphere, no consensus was reached.
In March 2004, the standard-setting meeting moved to Beijing, where it was finally determined that the international standard for acupuncture points would adopt the existing Chinese system, including issues such as "the principles and methods of locating acupuncture points," which were also agreed upon.
In the same month the following year, experts from the three countries determined that 355 of the 361 acupuncture points on the human body would all adopt the Chinese proposal.
The remaining six controversial points were finally voted on, with four adopting the Chinese proposal. The remaining two points, such as the Shuigou and Hegu points, were ranked first according to the Japanese and Korean proposals, with the Chinese positioning listed as the second option. Accordingly, the international standard "Location of Acupuncture Points" passed by WHO includes the positioning of 359 points, which is the same as the current Chinese national standard.
Huang Longxiang said, "I have kept all meeting minutes, as well as image and picture records," which can prove that the Korean Medical Association's claims are purely fictional.
Source: http:/ / news. chinatimes. com/ 2……0505+112008070400096,00. html
South Korea Aims to Replace China in Acupuncture Point Standards
In June of this year, the Korean Medical Association claimed that Korean acupuncture standards would replace Chinese standards as the global benchmark. However, the World Health Organization (WHO) has privately apologized to China and condemned South Korea for this statement.
In recent years, South Korea's "plundering" of Chinese traditional culture and its rush to register these as world heritage has been astonishing. In 2006, after research by Koreans, Confucius was claimed to be Korean; "Chinese medicine" should be renamed "Korean medicine"; and Shennong (the Yan Emperor) and Li Shizhen, the author of "Compendium of Materia Medica," were both said to be of Korean descent. This year, they escalated their claims by asserting that the global acupuncture standards would be based on the Korean version.
What is the truth? The Hong Kong newspaper "Wen Wei Po" recently interviewed Huang Longxiang, an expert involved in the formulation of WHO's international standards for acupuncture points, who explained the ins and outs of the incident.
He said that according to WHO standards, there are 361 acupuncture points on the human body, of which 359 are based on Chinese standards, accounting for nearly 100%. The claim that "Korean acupuncture replaces Chinese" is completely false.
With the increasing popularity of acupuncture internationally, to unify standards, experts from China, Japan, and South Korea under WHO began researching and formulating the "International Standard for Acupuncture Points" in 2003, which was completed last year.
Unexpectedly, on June 18, the Korean Medical Association claimed that there are 361 acupuncture points on the human body, and that 357 of these points recognized by the international standard adopted Korean medical standards, accounting for nearly 99%. WHO did not choose the acupuncture point locations from China and Japan as standards, indicating that "Korean acupuncture has become the international standard."
In response to this claim, Huang Longxiang, the only expert from China, Japan, and South Korea to attend all eleven WHO acupuncture point standard-setting meetings, pointed out that under the organization of WHO, experts from the three countries did hold the first acupuncture standard-setting meeting in Manila, Philippines, in 2003. Due to serious disagreements and a poor atmosphere, no consensus was reached.
In March 2004, the standard-setting meeting moved to Beijing, where it was finally determined that the international standard for acupuncture points would adopt the existing Chinese system, including issues such as "the principles and methods of locating acupuncture points," which were also agreed upon.
In the same month the following year, experts from the three countries determined that 355 of the 361 acupuncture points on the human body would all adopt the Chinese proposal.
The remaining six controversial points were finally voted on, with four adopting the Chinese proposal. The remaining two points, such as the Shuigou and Hegu points, were ranked first according to the Japanese and Korean proposals, with the Chinese positioning listed as the second option. Accordingly, the international standard "Location of Acupuncture Points" passed by WHO includes the positioning of 359 points, which is the same as the current Chinese national standard.
Huang Longxiang said, "I have kept all meeting minutes, as well as image and picture records," which can prove that the Korean Medical Association's claims are purely fictional.
Source: http:/ / news. chinatimes. com/ 2……0505+112008070400096,00. html