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Acupuncture chart of chest and abdomen, 17th C. Chinese
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Acupuncture chart of chest and abdomen, 17th C. Chinese
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17th century Chinese acupuncture chart -- labelled diagram of the acumoxa points of the chest and abdomen, showing the paths of the lung channel of handtaiyin, heart channel of handjueyin, spleen channel of foottaiyin, stomach channel of footyangming, kidney channel of footshaoyin, liver channel of footjueyin, Belt Vessel (daimai) and Director Vessel [also translated as Conception Vessel] (renmai).

The named acupoints includezhongfu(Middle Palace) on the channel of handtaiyin;tianchi(Celestial Pool) on the channel of handjueyin;daheng(Great Horizontal) on the channel of foottaiyin;tianshu(Celestial Pivot) andliangmen(Beam Portal) on the channel of footyangming;youmen(Hidden Portal) on the channel of footshaoyin; zhangmen (Completion Portal) andqimen(Portal of Times) on the channel of footjueyin; andguanyuan(Pass to the Origin) andqihai(Sea of Qi) of the Director Vessel.

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Keywords: Acupuncture chart; Acupuncture Therapy; Moxibustion; Abdomen; Acu-moxa; Acupuncture Points; Thorax
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  • Library reference: External Reference Chou 41/1624 Ma 18, External Reference Wang Shumin 18 and External Reference Vivienne Lo
  • Photo number: L0034709
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