Acu-moxa chart: Stomach channel of foot yangming, Japanese

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Acu-moxa chart: Stomach channel of foot yangming, Japanese. 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 stomach channel of foot yangming is one of the Twelve Channels. It originates at the yingxiang (Welcome Fragrance) point and terminates at the lidui (Sharp Opening) point. There are altogether 92 acu-moxa locations on this channel on both sides of the body. They include yingxiang (Welcome Fragrance), chengqi (Receiving Tears), sibai (Four Whites), dicang (Earth Granary), daying (Great Welcome), qishe (Abode of Qi), quepen (Broken Basin), qihu (Qi Door), burong (Not Contained), chengman (Receiving Fullness), san li (Three Miles), shangjuxu (Upper Great Void) (also known as shanglian, Upper Edge), xiajuxu (Lower Great Void) (also known as xialian, Lower Edge), fenglong (Abundant Bulge), jiexi (Unleashed Stream), chongyang (Rushing Yang), xiangu (Sunken Valley), neiting (Inner Courtyard) and lidui (Sharp Opening).

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Quepen (Broken Basin); qihu (Qi Door); kufang (Granary); wuyi (Room Screen) yingchuang (Chest Window); ruzhong (Middle of the Breast); rugen (Root of the Breast); burong (Not Contained); chengman (Receiving Fullness); liangmen (Beam Portal); guanmen (Pass Portal); taiyi (Great One); huaroumen (Slippery Flesh Portal); tianshu (Celestial Pivot); wailing (Outer Gnomen); daju (Great Magnitude); shuidao (Water Passage); guilai (Return); qichong (Rushing of Qi) [Acu-moxa locations]

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