Channel pulses of the Twelve Channels, Chinese woodcut

Each of the 12 channels has a 'dongmai' (beating pulse, channel pulse. The term dongmai refers here to the location on the surface of the body where the pulse of the channel can be felt. The illustration shows a robust man in middle age. His hair is fastened in a topknot and he wears a cloth and elaborate sash around his waist. The locations of the dongmai of the 12 channels are marked with circles on his body, e.g. the taiyuan (Great Abyss) point on the lung channel of hand taiyin; the yinxi (Yin Cleft) point on the heart channel of hand shaoyin; the chongmen (Rushing Portal) point on the spleen channel of foot taiyin, etc.

Picture title: Dongmai (channel pulse) in the 12 channels. Other lettering: The dongmai of the lung channel of hand taiyin is taiyuan (Great Abyss). The dongmai of the heart channel of hand shaoyin is yinxi (Yin Cleft). The dongmai of the spleen channel of foot taiyin is chongmen (Rushing Portal). The dongmai of the liver channel of foot jueyin is taichong (Great Rushing). The dongmai of the kidney channel of foot shaoyin is taixi (Great Stream). The dongmai of the sanjiao (Triple Burner) channel of hand shaoyang is donghe (Moving Grain). The dongmai of the small intestine channel of hand taiyang is tianchuang (Celestial Window). The dongmai of the large intestine channel of hand yangming is yangxi (Yang Stream). The dongmai of the bladder channel of foot taiyang is weizhong (Middle of the Crook). The dongmai of the gall bladder channel of foot shaoyang is xuanzhong (Suspended Bell). The dongmai of the stomach channel of foot yangming is chongyang (Rushing Yang).