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The Sa-am acupuncture is the acupuncture method created during Chosun Dynasty. It is a unique acupuncture method that was created solely in Korea. Its theories are based on the 69th article of "Classic of Difficult Issues", or Nanjing (ÑñÌè), which says "tonify its mother when deficiency occurs, and purgate its son when excess occurs" (úÈöÎÜÍÐìÙ½, ãùöÎÞáÐìí); the concept of "controlling the viscera which restrains the target" "åäÐìί" was added to this theory to form the principle of Sa-am acupuncture. It is significant that it turns to the basic principles of the Five Viscera and Six Bowels rather than the ô÷öÜ or ä¹ãÀöÜ of the existing acupuncure. Sa-am acupuncture was established in the middle of Chosun Dynasty and was popularized to the practitioners of Korean Medicine through transcripts and printed books. The medical books of at the time of Japanese imperialism that introduced Sa-am acupuncture are "ÌèÕ©ùÊõÅÖå", "ÞìäÛöÝ϶ÌÁ", "Ìèðé©ÌÁ", "ôìÒ¥ÌÁ", "óÌÜ»é©ÌÁ", "ðá¦ÜÄÊü", "ÌèúÐöÖÎýøº", and "ÞìäÛ ôìÒ¥ÌÁ". The magazine that mentions the Sa-am acupuncture is "ùÛÛ°ì¢å·". The books on Traditional Medicine that is related to Sa-am acupuncture were of great help in reconstruction of Sa-am acupuncture after the liberation of Korea and explaining the principle of Sa-am acupunture in various angles.
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