Acu-moxa chart: Kidney channel of foot shaoyin in the legs

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Acu-moxa chart: Kidney channel of foot shaoyin in the legs. 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 kidney channel of foot shaoyin is one of the Twelve Channels. It originates at the yongquan (Gushing Spring) point and terminates at the zhongfu (Middle Palace) point. There are 27 acu-moxa locations on this channel on either side of the body, i.e. 54 altogether. For list of point names, see 'Lettering'.

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Yongquan (Gushing Spring); rangu (Blazing Valley); zhaohai (Shining Sea); shuiquan (Water Spring); taixi (Great Stream); fuliu (Returning Current); jiaoxin (Exchange Letters); sanyinjiao (Three Yin Intersection); zhubin (Guest House); yingu (Yin Valley) [Acu-moxa locations]

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