The practical approach of the Embodied Symbolic Model in the core terminology of international acupuncture education

Key Points

• The aim is to enhance the cross-cultural transformation of acupuncture terminology and foster dialogue in diverse healthcare systems.
• Developed the 'Embodied Symbolic Model' based on Chinese character origins and symbolic theory.
• Proposed a framework for multimodal teaching strategies in international acupuncture education.
• Outlined localization strategies for different countries to facilitate cultural understanding.
• The model successfully illuminates the interaction between language, bodily experience, and cultural cognition.
• The proposed teaching strategies showed potential in deepening understanding of core concepts in Chinese medicine.
• The integration of bodily perception and symbolic teaching was emphasized as an effective educational approach.