Gynaecological acu-moxa: absence of lactation

  • Digital Images
  • Online

Selected images from this work

About this work

Description

Woodcut illustration from an edition of 1591 (19th year of the Wanli reign period of the Ming dynasty), showing the acu-moxa locations generally used to treat absence of lactation (wuru) (see 'Lettering').

Lettering

Picture title: Absence of lactation in women. Other lettering (point names): Hegu (Joining the Valley); shaoze (Lesser Marsh)

Type/Technique

Subjects

Permanent link