Acupuncture chart with a series of points indicated on the figure of a standing Chinese man, demonstrating acupuncture points for controlling diseases of the heart and sexual organs. Watercolour.
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Shows one of the twelve systems of channels which run from the foot or hand through the major internal organs up to the throat, and which carry qi around the body. Each channel has a specifed number of acupuncture points symmetrically arranged on the left and right sides
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1 painting : watercolour ; image 30.2 x 23.6 cm
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Inscription in Chinese characters includes the labelling of each acupuncture point: "Hand jue yin heart collaterals. Left and right: 18 [acupuncture] points", i.e. the channel from which issue tributaries around the heart
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Wellcome Collection 567663i
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