C19 Chinese MS moxibustion point chart: Malign attack

Acu-moxa point chart, showing the zhong 'e (malign attack) pointpoint, from Chuanwu lingji lu (Record of Sovereign Teachings), by Zhang Youheng, a treatise on acu-moxa in two volumes. This work survives only in a manuscript draft, completed in 1869 (8th year of the Tongzhi reign period of the Qing dynasty). It is illustrated with 84 charts, finely executed in colour.

The text states: The malign attack (zhong 'e) point is located 3 cun behind the outer edge of the breasts (1 cun [Chinese/proportional inch] = c. 3 cm). Moxibustion can be carried out at this point to treat corpse infection (shizhu) and inimical visitation (kewu), malign attack (zhong 'e) [forms of demonic possession], etc. Moxibustion takes place on the left for male patients and the right for female patients.

Title: Malign attack (zhong 'e) Moxibustion Point Chart. Caption: Lettering: In case of malign attack (zhong 'e), perform moxibustion here.