Acupuncture needles: Arrow-Headed Needle (chan zhen), Chinese

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Acupuncture needles: Arrow-Headed Needle (chan zhen), Chinese. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Chinese woodblock print from an edition of 1680 (19th year of the Kangxi reign period of the Qing dynasty). It shows the structure of the Arrow-Headed Needle (chan zhen), one of the ancient 'Nine Needles' (jiu zhen) of acupuncture. It has a relatively large head, with a sharp tip. It is 1.6 cun [Chinese inches] in length. It was mainly used to expel superficial malign heat (rexie).

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IMAGE TITLE: Illustration of the Arrow-Headed Needle (chan zhen).

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