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17th century Chinese woodblock illustration showing the course of the lung channel of hand taiyin, with the acu-moxa locations marked and labelled. The lung channel of handtaiyinis one of the Twelve Channels. It originates at thezhongfu(Middle Palace) point and terminates at theshaoshang(Lesser Shang) points. There are approximately 22 acupoints on this channel, includingzhongfu(Middle Palace),yunmen(Cloud Portal),tianfu(Palace of Heaven),xiabai(Clasping the White),chize(Foot Marsh),kongzui(Utmost Opening),lieque(Break in the Sequence),jingqu(Channel Ditch),taiyuan(Great Abyss),yuji(Fish Border) andshaoshang(Lesser Shang). These points are mainly used in the treatment of pulmonary complaints such as coughs and asthma, soreness and inflammation of the throat, cold pain in the shoulders and back and pain in the inner and frontal parts of the hand and arm. See also Image L0037869. Wellcome Images |
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Short title | L0034710 17th C Chinese acupuncture chart, lung channel of hand |
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Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org 17th century Chinese woodblock illustration showing the course of the lung channel of hand taiyin, with the acu-moxa locations marked and labelled. The lung channel of hand taiyin is one of the Twelve Channels. It originates at the zhongfu (Middle Palace) point and terminates at the shaoshang (Lesser Shang) points. There are approximately 22 acupoints on this channel, including zhongfu (Middle Palace), yunmen (Cloud Portal), tianfu (Palace of Heaven), xiabai (Clasping the White), chize (Foot Marsh), kongzui (Utmost Opening), lieque (Break in the Sequence), jingqu (Channel Ditch), taiyuan (Great Abyss), yuji (Fish Border) and shaoshang (Lesser Shang). These points are mainly used in the treatment of pulmonary complaints such as coughs and asthma, soreness and inflammation of the throat, cold pain in the shoulders and back and pain in the inner and frontal parts of the hand and arm. See also Image L0037869. Woodcut Library of Zhongguo zhongyi yanjiu yuan (China Academy for Traditional Chinese Medicine) Lei jing tu yi (Illustrated Supplement to the Classified Canon) Zhang Jiebin Published: 1621-1627 Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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