Chinese Acupuncture Chart, 1909
Woodblock illustration from an edition of 1909 (1st year of the Xuantong reign period of the Qing dynasty). Shows the figure of a middle-aged man, with the Heart Envelope channel of hand jueyin, the heart channel of hand shaoyin, the kidney channel of foot shaoyin, the lung channel of hand taiyin and the stomach channel of foot yangming drawn on his body. The starting and finishing points of each channel are described in five blocks of text arranged to either side of the figure, joined by lines to the part of the body where the channel originates. It should be noted that the start and finish points of all except the kidney channel of foot shaoyin are inverted, with respect to other texts. Library of Zhongguo zhongyi yanjiu yuan (China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine), Bu zhu tongren shuxue zhenjiu tujing (Illustrated Acupuncture and Moxibustion Canon of the Bronze Man with Notes and Commentary)
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