Acumoxa chart: Location of the geguan point, Chinese woodcut

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Acumoxa chart: Location of the geguan point, Chinese woodcut. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Chinese woodblock print from an edition of 1680 (19th year of the Kangxi reign period of the Qing dynasty). It shows the position of the geguan (Diaphragm Pass) point on the surface of the body. This point is located on the back, 3 cun [Chinese inches] lateral to the spinous process of the 7th thoracic vertebra.

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IMAGE TITLE: Chart of the geguan (Diaphragm Pass) point

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