Acu-moxa chart: Liver channel in the lower limbs, Japanese

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 liver channel of foot jueyin is one of the Twelve Channels. Originating at the dadun (Big Mound) point in the big toe, it ascends via the inside of the heel, the inner ankle, the popliteal fossa (guowo) and the inner thigh. For a list of points located in the lower limbs, see 'Lettering'.

Dadun (Big Mound); xingjian (Moving Belt); taichong (Great Rushing); zhongfeng (Middle Seal); ligou (Woodworm Ditch); zhongdu (Central Capital); xiguan (Knee Pass); ququan (Spring at the Crook); yinbao (Yin Wrapping); wu li (Five Miles); yinlian (Yin Edge); sanyinjiao (Three Yin Intersection); banshigu (Half Arrow Bone, elbow) [Acu-moxa locations]