Acu-moxa point chart, showing the huantiao (Jumping in a Circle) point, from Chuanwu lingji lu (Record of Sovereign Teachings), by Zhang Youheng, a treatise on acu-moxa in two volumes. This work survives only in a manuscript draft, completed in 1869 (8th year of the Tongzhi reign period of the Qing dynasty). The text states: The huantiao point is found on the thigh, in the muscle behind the great trochanter. It is located with the patient lying on the side with the thigh flexed.
Chinese Acu-moxa Point Chart, 1869
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