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First great synthesiser of Chinese and Western medicine; his case records still teach clinicians.

Rescued acupuncture from abolition and rebuilt it on anatomical terms with filiform needles.

Revived Kampo in Japan and secured its place inside the national health insurance system.

Wrote New Acupuncture (1951) and led the state institute that standardised the practice.

Surgeon-acupuncturist who built a biophysical model of meridian therapy.

Master physician of Guangzhou whose spleen-stomach theory shaped modern TCM curricula.