Acupuncture chart with a series of points indicated on the figure of a seated Chinese man. Watercolour, 17--.

Date:
1700-1799
Reference:
567620i
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Shows one of the twelve systems of channels which run from the foot or hand through the major internal organs up to the throat, and which carry qi around the body. Each channel has a specifed number of acupuncture points symmetrically arranged on the left and right sides

Publication/Creation

1700-1799

Physical description

1 painting : watercolour ; sheet 30.2 x 23.7 cm

Lettering

Inscription in Chinese characters includes the labelling of each acupuncture point

Reference

Wellcome Collection 567620i

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