Acu-moxa chart: points of the shoulders, Japanese woodcut

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Woodblock illustration from a work on 'Chinese' medicine by the 18th century Japanese physician Hara Masakatsu, published in 1807 (4th year of the Bunkwa era). The acu-moxa locations are marked and labelled on outline drawings of the shoulders.

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IMAGE TITLE: Chart of the shoulder. OTHER LETTERING: Jianjing (Shoulder Well); jianzhongshu (Middle Shoulder Conveyor); waijianshu (Outer Shoulder Conveyor); tianliao (Celestial Crevice); bingfeng (Grasping the Wind); quyuan (Crooked Wall); tianzong (Celestial Ancestor); jianzhen (Shoulder True); jugu (Great Bone); jianliao (Shoulder Crevice)

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