Xinhua Beijing October 18 (Reporter Leung Sai-yu) October 18 World Traditional Medicine Day, Chinese-American Dr. Li Yongming, today released new book, "American Acupuncture hot legend", reveals that traditional Chinese medicine techniques in the "West" process of unknown brilliant and regret.

"The United States acupuncture fever Legends" book nearly 40 million words, with multiple illustrations. The book provides a wealth of information about the U.S. history of the development of acupuncture information acupuncture and many little-known story.

The book describes the United States, "acupuncture fever" and the origin of acupuncture into the United States of "legend," and "New York Times" correspondent Reston on July 26, 1971 "published after acupuncture in mind," led the United States "Acupuncture hot", and about acupuncture into the United States suffered a series of East-West cultural, medical and scientific conflicts.

Today, Chinese acupuncture in the U.S., Europe, Africa and other places have a large number of loyal "fans." According to the World Federation of Acupuncture Society of the latest data, acupuncture has more than 160 countries and regions are applied, acupuncture practitioners registered more than 100,000.

In the U.S., the U.S. Congress in 1996 recognized the legal status of acupuncture will be included in federal employee health benefit plans, and gradually established a system of acupuncture practitioners, so far, more than 20,000 acupuncturists to obtain a license.

"Acupuncture Western Foreign accidentally triggered the frenzy of acupuncture, and now it has been integrated into Western society, in the overseas and Chinese food, martial arts tied for the three major national essence." Li Yongming said.

Meanwhile, the West still exists for the current challenge for the effectiveness of acupuncture, Li Yongming proposed national promotion and research of acupuncture to further increase investment, the acupuncture-related training, principles and utility to do in-depth study to fully participate in the essence of Chinese traditional communication - to Chinese culture.

Li Yongming, also known as contemporary China and the United States in the 1970s is quite similar, both in the technical, economic development of faster, higher levels of time, and therefore need to promote a "return to traditional medicine, return to nature" mentality .

"I hope that through these stories arouse the people the value of traditional medicine and cultural awareness, thus promoting acupuncture medicine in China revived." Li Yongming said.