Channels and acupoints of the thorax and abdomen

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Channels and acupoints of the thorax and abdomen. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Woodcut illustration from an edition of 1763 (28th year of the Qianlong reign period of the Qing dynasty), showing the paths of the channels and distribution of the acu-moxa locations of the thorax and abdomen. The lines represent the spleen channel of foot taiyin, the liver channel of foot jueyin, the kidney channel of foot shaoyin, the stomach channel of foot yangming and renmai (the Director Vessel, also translated as Conception Vessel). See 'Lettering' for list of point names.

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Picture title: General chart of the thorax and abdomen. Other lettering (channels and points): Foot taiyin [channel ]-- chongmen (Rushing Portal); fushe (Official Lodge); fujie (Abdomen Knot); daheng (Great Horizontal); fu'ai (Abdomen Sorrow); shidou (Food Cavity); tianxi (Celestial Stream); xiongxiang (Chest Neighbourhood); zhourong (Encircling Glory); dabao (Great Wrapping) Foot yangming [channel ] -- qichong (Rushing of Qi); guilai (Return); shuidao (Water Passage); daju (Great Magnitude); wailing (Outer Mound); tianshu (Celestial Pivot); huaroumen (Slippery Flesh Portal); taiyi (Great One); guanmen (Pass Portal); liangmen (Beam Portal); chengman (Receiving 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) Foot shaoyin [channel ] -- 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/yuzhong (Comfortable Chest); shufu (Conveyor Mansion); Foot jueyin [channel ] -- Chongmen (Rushing Portal); fushe (Official Lodge); zhangmen (Completion Portal); qimen (Portal of Times) Hand taiyin [channel ] -- Yunmen (Cloud Portal); zhongfu (Middle Palace) Hand jueyin [channel ] -- tianchi (Celestial Pool) Renmai (Director Vessel) [channel ] (Central branch) -- huiyin (Convergence 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 (Jade Pivot); tiantu (Celestial Prominence) Foot shaoyang [channel ] -- 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)

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