Acu-moxa point chart, showing the cervix (zihu, lit. Child Door) 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 cervix point is located 2 cun to the right of the guanyuan (Pass to the Origin) point, 3 cun below the navel and 2 cun to the right. Needled vertically to a depth of 1 cun, it can be used to treat retained placenta and intrauterine death.
Chinese Acu-moxa Point Chart, 1869
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