Acupuncture becomes popular worldwide

时间：2007-07-25 08:13:31

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Chinanews, Guangzhou, July 24 - According to Nanfang Daily, acupuncture1 has become a very popular therapy in 140 countries and regions in the world nowadays.

 

The information was released by Fu Wenbing, the director of Guangdong Provincial2 Association of Acupuncture. In fact, many acupuncturists in the world are from Guangdong.

 

"Though it is still hard for Westerners to accept traditional Chinese herbal medicine, acupuncture has won widespread popularity in the Western countries," said Fu. Currently, acupuncture has become a regular course in many medical colleges and universities. In many developed countries, acupuncture has become a formal part of the social security system. For example, there are 100 thousand acupuncturists and massagists in Japan. In Tokyo alone, 29% of the population have acupuncture therapy experience. In Germany, more than 2 million people every year visits TCM clinics, 80% of them for acupuncture therapy.

 
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1 acupuncture 3zEznF     
n.针灸，针刺法，针疗法
参考例句：
  • Written records show that acupuncture dates back to the Song Dynasty.文字记载表明，宋朝就已经有了针灸。
  • It's known that acupuncture originated in China.众所周知，针灸起源于中国。
2 provincial Nt8ye     
adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人
参考例句：
  • City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
  • Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。

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