C19 Chinese MS moxibustion chart: Seminal emission point
- Digital Images
- Online
Selected images from this work
View 1 imageAbout this work
Description
Acu-moxa point chart, showing the jinggong (Palace of Essence/Semen) point, from Chuanwu lingji lu (Record of Sovereign Teachings), by Zhang Youheng, a treatise on acu-moxa in two volumes. This work survives only in a manuscript draft, completed in 1869 (8th year of the Tongzhi reign period of the Qing dynasty). It is illustrated with 84 charts, finely executed in colour.
The text states: The jinggong point is located below the 14th vertebra, 3 cun to either side of it (1 cun [Chinese/proportional inch] = c. 3 cm). Moxibusted with 7 moxa cones, it can be used to treat nocturnal emission.
Lettering
Title: Seminal Emission Moxibustion Point Chart. Caption: Jinggong (Palace of Essence/Semen)