Acu-moxa chart: Points of the side of the torso

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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 acu-moxa locations on the three channels running through the side of the torso (the foot taiyin channel, the foot jueyin channel and the foot shaoyang channel) are marked and labelled on a partial outline drawing of the torso.

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IMAGE TITLE: Chart of the side of the torso. OTHER LETTERING: Qimen (Portal of Times); riyue (Sun and Moon); fu'ai (Abdomen Sorrow); daheng (Great Horizontal); fujie (Abdomen Knot); fushe (Official Lodge); chongmen (Rushing Portal); zhangmen (Completion Portal); jingmen (Portal of the Capital); daimai (Belt Vessel)

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