Bronze Man acupuncture figurine, side view, Chinese woodcut

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Bronze Man acupuncture figurine, side view, Chinese woodcut. Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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From an edition published in 1537 (16th year of the Jiajing reign period of the Ming dynasty). This is a side view of the acupuncture figurine (the 'Bronze Man'). Two channels are shown extending over the body: the gall bladder channel of foot shaoyang and the bladder channel of foot taiyang.

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Picture title: Side view of the Bronze Man. Other lettering: Shaoyang (Lesser Yang); taiyang (Great Yang).

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