Paediatric chart: Complexion diagnosis, Chinese woodcut

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Paediatric chart: Complexion diagnosis, Chinese woodcut. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Woodcut illustration from an edition of 1726 (4th year of the Yongzheng reign period of the Qing dynasty) -- paediatric complexion diagnosis chart, showing the significance of each of the sectors of the face.The left cheek corresponds to the liver and wood, the right cheek corresponds to the lungs and metal, the forehead corresponds to the heart and fire, the nose corresponds to the spleen and earth, and the chin corresponds to the kidney and water.

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PICTURE TITLE: Illustration showing the significance of the colours and sectors of the face. . OTHER LETTERING: Zi ; Chou; Yin; Mao; Che; Si; Wu; Wei; Shen ; You; Xu; Hai [12 temporal divisions of the day]; xinmen (fontanelle); faji (hairline); e (forehead); sikong (Controlling the Void); yintang (Hall of Seals); shangen (Mountain Root); nianshou (Long-Lived); zhuntou (standard head???); renzhong (Man's Middle); chengjiang (Receiving Fluids) rijiao (Sun Corner); yuejiao (Moon Corner); taiyang (Great Yang); fangguang (Square and Spacious); yuwei (Fish Tail); fengchi (Wind Pool) qichi (Lake of qi); jia (jaw); spleen earth; liver wood; lung metal; he (mandible) ; sai (cheek); wentai (Terrace of Letters); wutai (Terrace of Warfare); taiyin (Great Yin); fengmen (Wind Portal); chin (ke), kidney

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