Acu-moxa chart, front of the head, Chinese woodcut

This text was composed in the Yuan period (1206-1368). The illustration shown here is taken from an edition of 1515 (10th year of the Zhengde reign period of the Ming dynasty). It depicts a man's head from the front view. His hair is fastened in a lotus-shaped bun on the top of his head. The hair and the collar of his clothing are shown in solid black; the rest of the head is sketched in ink and brush style. The names of the acu-moxa locations are inscribed in two-character columns in the corresponding locations on the face and head. (See 'Lettering' for list of point names).

Picture title: Frontal chart of the head. Other lettering (acu-moxa locations): Head - 1st column: baihui (Hundred Meetings); qianding (Anterior Crown); xinhui (Fontanelle Meeting); shangxing (Upper Star). Head - 2nd column: tongtian (Connecting with Heaven); chengguang (Receiving Light); wuchu (Fifth Place). Head - 3rd column: zhengying (Upright Nutrition); muchuang (Window of the Eye); linqi (Close to Tears). Face - 1st column shenting (Numinous Courtyard); suliao (Plain Crevice). Head - 2nd column: quchai (Crooked Curve); cuanzhu (Gathered Bamboo); jingming (Eye Bright - variant graph). Head - 3rd column: yangbai (Yang White); chengqi (Receiving Tears) sibai (Four Whites). Head - 4th column: benshen (Rooting the Spirit). Head - 5th column: touwei (Head's Binding)