[Acupuncture theory in and launching the natural history of body].

Chinese traditional medicine is long in the natural history, which focuses on herbal medicine, but has less discussion on acupuncture. On the basis of exploring the body knowledge in (') from the perspective of the natural history, especially through the investigation of the evolution of acupoint knowledge, the route of the natural history of body in have been detected in the aspects of observation, record, nomination and classification. In , the natural history of body is characterized by the object annotation, the interaction between the nature and things, and the practicability. Launching the natural history of body is of great significance to understanding the generation of classical body knowledge and constructing acupuncture theory.