Acu-moxa chart, front of abdomen, Chinese woodcut

This text was composed in the Yuan period (1206-1368). The illustration reproduced here is taken from an edition of 1515 (10th year of the Zhengde reign period of the Ming dynasty). It shows a portly gentleman with his chest and belly bared. His hair is tied in a topknot. The names of the acupoints are inscribed in corresponding locations on his rotund belly. It served as a visual aid to the practitioner in recalling the distribution of the abdominal points for acupuncture and moxibustion. (See 'Lettering' for list of point names).

Picture title: Frontal chart of the abdominal acu-moxa locations. Other lettering (acu-moxa locations): Jiuwei (Turtledove Tail); juque (Great Watchtower); shangguan (Upper Controller); zhongguan (Middle Controller); xiaguan (Lower Controller); jianli (Strengthen the Interior); shuifen (Water Separation); shimen (Stone Portal); qizhong (Mid Navel); yinjiao (Yin Intersection); qihai (Sea of Qi); zhongji (Middle Pole); qugu (Curved Bone); huiyin (Convergence of Yin); youmen (Hidden Portal); tonggu (Connecting Valley); shiguan (Stone Pass); zhongzhu (Middle Flow); siman (Four Fullnesses)