Woodblock illustration from an edition of 1909 (1st year of the Xuantong reign period of the Qing dynasty). Shows the figure of a middle-aged man, with the four channels of hand yangming, foot shaoyang, foot taiyin and foot jueyin drawn on his body. The starting and finishing points of each channel are described in four blocks of text arranged to either side of the figure, joined by lines to the part of the body where the channel originates.
Chinese Acupuncture Chart, 1909
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