Acupuncture chart, spleen channel of foot taiyin, Chinese

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Acupuncture chart, spleen channel of foot taiyin, Chinese. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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From an edition published in 1537 (16th year of the Jiajing reign period of the Ming dynasty). The spleen channel of foot taiyin originates at yinbai (Concealed White) and terminates at dadu (Great Metropolis). There are 21 acu-moxa locations on this channel, i.e. 42 altogether on both sides of the body. In order they are: yinbai (Concealed White); dadu (Great Metropolis); taibai (Great White); gongsun (Grandfather Grandson); shangqiu (Shang Mound); sanyinjiao (Three Yin Intersection); lougu (Dripping Valley); diji (Earth Pivot); yinlingquan (Yin Mound Spring); xuehai (Sea of Blood); jimen (Winnowing Portal); chongmen (Rushing Portal); fushe (Official Lodge); fujie (Abdomen Knot); daheng (Great Horizontal); fu'ai (Abdomen Sorrow) shidou (Food Cavity) tianxi (Celestial Stream) xiongxiang (Chest Neighbourhood); zhourong (Encircling Glory); dabao (Great Wrapping).

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Picture title: Spleen channel of foot taiyin. Other lettering: Yinbai (Concealed White); dadu (Great Metropolis); taibai (Great White); gongsun (Grandfather Grandson); shangqiu (Shang Mound); sanyinjiao (Three Yin Intersection); lougu (Dripping Valley); diji (Earth Pivot); yinlingquan (Yin Mound Spring); xuehai (Sea of Blood); jimen (Winnowing Portal); chongmen (Rushing Portal); fushe (Official Lodge); fujie (Abdomen Knot); daheng (Great Horizontal); fu'ai (Abdomen Sorrow); shidou (Food Cavity); tianxi (Celestial Stream); xiongxiang (Chest Neighbourhood); zhourong (Encircling Glory); dabao (Great Wrapping).

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