This Day, That Year

Item from Nov 24, 1987, in China Daily: Acupuncturists throughout the world were urged yesterday to push the practice of traditional acupuncture and moxibustion (a form of heat therapy in which dried plant materials called "moxa" are burned on or very near the skin).

They were attending the first World Conference on Acupuncture-Moxibustion in Beijing. Before the event, the World Federation of Acupuncture-Moxibustion Societies was inaugurated with 37,800 members from 100 countries and regions.

Thanks to decades of promotion, traditional Chinese medicine techniques such as acupuncture and moxibustion are growing in popularity worldwide.