Acumoxa chart: Location of the taixi point, Chinese woodcut

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Chinese woodblock print from an edition of 1680 (19th year of the Kangxi reign period of the Qing dynasty). It shows the position of the taixi (Great Stream) point on the surface of the body. This point is located on a horizontal line joining the tip of the internal malleolus (neihuai) to the Achilles tendon (genjian), equidistant between the two.

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IMAGE TITLE: Chart of the taixi (Great Stream) point

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