Acu-moxa point chart, showing the lieque (Break in the Sequence) 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 lieque point is located on the radial side of the forearm, cun above the crease of the wrist.
Chinese Acu-moxa Point Chart, 1869
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