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Acupuncture prohibitions, Chinese woodcut, Ming period
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Acupuncture prohibitions, Chinese woodcut, Ming period
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Acupuncture prohibitions, woodcut illustration from Xu Shi zhenjiu daquan (Mr Xu's Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion), first published in 1439. This image is traditionally ascribed to the legendary emperor-physician Shen Nong (the Divine Farmer). It consists of two sectors. The inner part shows the 'Nine Palaces' and the outer part the body parts corresponding to them. The text tells us: 'At the age of one the Earth trigram (kun) arises; at the age of two the Thunder trigram (zhen) arises. Thus we pass with each succeeding year through the Nine Palaces, whereupon the cycle resumes afresh. The acupuncture prohibitions appropriate to each phase must be respected: a serious infringement is fatal; a minor one causes sores and abscesses.'

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Keywords: Medicine, Chinese Traditional; Ming period (1368-1644); Trigram; Acupuncture prohibition; Acupuncture; Taboo
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  • Library reference: External Reference Cat. Yin 11/1026 fu Ma 47, External Reference Wang Shumin 47 and External Reference Vivienne Lo
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