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Acupuncture and moxibustion are an important component of traditional Chinese medicine with a long history. As early as in the New Stone Age in China, the primitive human beings used Bian stone, the earliest acupuncture instrument, to treat diseases. With the development of productive forces, bone needles and bamboo needles appeared. After the development of metal casting techniques and metal tools, the people began to use metal medical needles, such as bronze, iron, gold and silver ones. At present steel needles are widely used.