Gynaecological acu-moxa: mastitis, Chinese woodcut

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Gynaecological acu-moxa: mastitis, Chinese woodcut. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Woodcut illustration from an edition of 1591 (19th year of the Wanli reign period of the Ming dynasty), showing the acu-moxa locations commonly employed in treating mastitis (ruyong zhongtong). See 'Lettering' for full list of point names.

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Picture title: Mastitis with painful inflammation. Other lettering (point names): Jianjing (Shoulder Well); rugen (Root of the Breast); yuji (Fish Border); hegu (Joining the Valley); shaoze (Lesser Marsh); taixi (Great Stream); linqi (Close to tears)

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