Anterior and posterior whole-body acu-moxa charts, Chinese

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Anterior and posterior whole-body acu-moxa charts, Chinese. Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Ink and brush illustration from an anonymous manuscript on acupuncture and moxibustion. It consists of two simple outline drawings of the human body, a front view and a back view, with salient acu-moxa locations marked and labelled. See 'Lettering' for list of location names.

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Front view: niwan (Mud Ball = shangdantian, Upper Elixir Field); taiyang (Great Yang); jianjing (Shoulder Well); quchi (Pool at the Crook); hengwen (Striation); huagai (Magnificent Canopy); jiuwei (Turtledove Tail); danzhong (Chest Centre); ganshi (Liver Chamber); qihai (Sea of Qi); jiaoqi (Navel Intersection); dantian (Cinnabar Field); gudao (anus); pangguang (bladder); baichong (Hundred Insects = xuehai, Sea of Blood); li guiyan (Inner Ghost Eye); xiedai (Shoelace). Back view: baihui (Hundred Meetings); er'ao (otic notch); feishu (Lung Conveyor); 21 zhui (21 vertebrae); wai guiyan (Outer Ghost Eye)

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