Acupuncture chart of chest and abdomen, 17th C. Chinese

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Acupuncture chart of chest and abdomen, 17th C. Chinese. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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17th century Chinese acupuncture chart -- labelled diagram of the acumoxa points of the chest and abdomen, showing the paths of the lung channel of hand taiyin, heart channel of hand jueyin, spleen channel of foot taiyin, stomach channel of foot yangming, kidney channel of foot shaoyin, liver channel of foot jueyin, Belt Vessel (daimai) and Director Vessel [also translated as Conception Vessel] (renmai). The named acupoints include zhongfu (Middle Palace) on the channel of hand taiyin; tianchi (Celestial Pool) on the channel of hand jueyin; daheng (Great Horizontal) on the channel of foot taiyin; tianshu (Celestial Pivot) and liangmen (Beam Portal) on the channel of foot yangming; youmen (Hidden Portal) on the channel of foot shaoyin; zhangmen (Completion Portal) and qimen (Portal of Times) on the channel of foot jueyin; and guanyuan (Pass to the Origin) and qihai (Sea of Qi) of the Director Vessel.

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Title: General chart of the acumoxa points of the chest and abdomen Shou taiyin (Greater Yin of the hand): yunmen (Cloud Portal); zhongfu (Middle Palace) [acupoints] Shou jueyin (Reverting Yin of the hand): tianchi (Celestial Pool) [acupoint] Zu taiyin (Greater Yin of the foot): chongmen (Rushing Portal); fushe (Abode of the Fu); fujie (Abdomen Knot); daheng (Great Horizontal); fu 'ai (Abdomen Sorrow); shidou (Food Cavity); tianxi (Celestial Stream); xiongxiang (Chest Village); zhourong (Encircling Glory); dabao (Great Wrapping) [acupoints] Zu yangming (Yang Brightness of the foot): qichong (Rushing of Qi); guilai (Return); shuidao (Water Passage); daju (Great Magnitude); wailing (Outer Mound); tianshu (Celestial Pivot); huaroumen (Slippery Flesh Portal); taiyi (Supreme Unity); guanmen (Pass Portal); liangmen (Beam Portal); chengman (Supporting Fullness); burong (Not Contained); rugen (Root of the Breast); ruzhong (Middle of the Breast); yingchuang (Chest Window); wuyi (Room Screen); kufang (Granary); qihu (Qi Door) [acupoints] Zu shaoyin (Lesser Yin of the foot): henggu (Pubic Bone); dahe (Great Glory); qixue (Qi Cavern); siman (Four Fullnesses); zhongzhu (Middle Flow); huangshu (Vitals Conveyor); shangqu (Shang Bend); shiguan (Stone Pass); yindu (Yin Metropolis); tonggu (Connecting Valley); youmen (Hidden Portal); bulang (Pacing the Corridor); shenfeng (Numinous Seal); lingxu (Spirit Ruin); shencang (Numinous Granary); huozhong (Comfortable Chest); shufu (Conveyor Mansion) [acupoints] Renmai ( zhongxing) (Director Vessel): huiyin (Meeting of Yin); qugu (Curved Bone); zhongji (Middle Pole); guanyuan (Pass to the Origin); shimen (Stone Portal); qihai (Sea of Qi); yinjiao (Yin Intersection); shenque (Numinous Watchtower) ; shuifen (Water Separation); xiawan (Lower Cavity); jianli (Strengthen the Interior); zhongwan (Middle Cavity); shangwan (Upper Cavity); juque (Great Watchtower); jiuwei (Turtledove Tail); zhongting (Central Courtyard); danzhong (Chest Centre); yutang (Jade Hall); zigong (Purple Palace); huagai (Magnificent Canopy); jixuan = xuanji(?) (Jade Pivot) ; tiantu (Celestial Prominence) [acupoints] Zu jueyin (Reverting Yin of the foot): chongmen (Rushing Portal); fushe (Abode of the Fu); zhangmen (Completion Portal); qimen (Portal of Times) [acupoints] Zu shaoyang (Lesser Yang of the foot): juliao (Stationary Crevice); weidao (Linking Path); wushu (Five Pivots); daimai (Belt Vessel); jingmen (Portal of the Capital); riyue (Sun and Moon); zhejin (Flank Sinews); yuanye (Armpit Abyss); jianjing (Shoulder Well) [acupoints]

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