Acu-moxa chart: points of the head and face, Japanese woodcut

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Acu-moxa chart: points of the head and face, Japanese woodcut. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Woodblock illustration from a work on 'Chinese' medicine by the 18th century Japanese physician Hara Masakatsu, published in 1807 (4th year of the Bunkwa era). The acu-moxa points of the face, throat and neck are marked and labelled on a side view of the head.

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IMAGE TITLE: General chart of the head and face. OTHER LETTERING: Shenting (Numinous Courtyard); shangxing (Upper Star); xinhui (Fontanelle Meeting); qianding (Anterior Crown); baihui (Hundred Meetings); houding (Behind the Crown); qiangjian (Strong Space); naohu (Brain's Door); fengfu (Palace of Wind); yamen (Portal of Muteness); jingming (Eye Bright); cuanzhu (Gathered Bamboo); quchai (Crooked Curve); wuchu (Fifth Place); chengguang (Receiving Light); tongtian (Connecting with Heaven); yuzhen (Jade Pillow)

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