Several metal needles were unearthed from the tomb of

LIU He

the Marquis of Haihun in Nanchang

Jiangxi province. Based on the inscription on the signboard unearthed from the tomb and the handed down literature

these needles should be closely related to the "nine needles" mentioned in the handed down medical classics. These needles should be used in acupuncture and moxibustion at that time

and their diameters

are close to the specifications and dimensions of the needles in the modern time

which provides the important cultural relics data of the Han Dynasty for the research of early acupuncture and moxibustion of traditional Chinese medicine. This article uses the method of mutual verification of unearthed cultural relics

unearthed documents

and handed down documents to investigate the acupuncture method of medical needles unearthed from the tomb of Marquis Haihun

and to sort out and demonstrate the development of acupuncture and moxibustion in the Western Han Dynasty. The medical needles unearthed from the tomb of Marquis Haihun and their needling techniques can be confirmed by the "nine needles" in the

Lingshu

(

Miraculous Pivot

)

the "acupuncture treatment" in the bamboo slips of the Han Dynasty in the Northwest

and the "acupuncture atlas" on the Han portrait stone. It proves that the manufacturing of needles for acupuncture and moxibustion and the therapeutic methods and techniques of acupuncture had been greatly developed in the middle and late stages of the Western Han Dynasty.