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Channel chart: Yang Tie Vessel, Chinese woodcut
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Channel chart: Yang Tie Vessel, Chinese woodcut
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Woodcut illustration, showing the path ofyangwei mai (Yang Tie Vessel), fromJingmai tu kao(Illustrated Study of the Channels), published in 1878 (4th year of the Guangxu period of the Qing dynasty).

Yangwei maiis one of the Eight Extraordinary Channels (qi jing ba mai). It originates at thejinmen(Golden Portal) point on the foottaiyangchannel and runs up the outer side of the lower limb, through the hip joint and along the side of the trunk close to the back. From the back of the armpit, it ascends to the shoulder and forehead, and terminates at the back of the neck, where it comes into confluence withdumai(Governor Vessel). Pathological changes in this channel are thought to provoke alternating fever and chills (hanre wanglai).

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Keywords: Channels; Acupuncture; Acupuncture Points; Medicine, Chinese Traditional; Acu-moxa
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  • Library reference: External Reference Yin 51/1838, Ma 180, External Reference Wang Shumin 180 and External Reference Vivienne Lo
  • Photo number: L0037920
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