Acupuncture chart, small intestine channel of hand taiyang
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Woodcut illustration from an edition of 1537 (16th year of Jiajing reign period of Ming dynasty).
The small intestine channel of hand taiyang originates at shaoze (Lesser Marsh) and terminates at tinggong (Palace of Hearing. There are 19 acupoints on this channel (i.e. 38 altogether on both sides of the body) all of which are clearly labelled. See 'Lettering' for full list of point names.
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Picture Title: Small intestine channel of hand taiyang. Names of acu-moxa locations: Shaoze (Lesser Marsh); qiangu (Front Valley); houxi (Back Stream); wangu (Wrist Bone); yanggu (Yang Valley); yanglao (Support the Aged); zhizheng (Branch of the Upright); xiaohai (Small Sea); jianzhen (Shoulder True); naoshu (Upper Arm Conveyor); tianzong (Celestial Ancestor); bingfeng (Grasping the Wind); quyuan (Crooked Wall); jianwaishu (Outer Shoulder Conveyor); jianzhongshu (Middle Shoulder Conveyor); tianchuang (Celestial Window); tianrong (Celestial Container); quanliao (Cheek Bone Crevice); tinggong (Palace of Hearing)