Location of the pigen points, ink drawing, Chinese

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Ink and brush illustration from a Chinese medical manuscript of 1914. According to the text, the pigen (Root of the Abdominal Masses) points can be used in the moxibustion treatment of abdominal masses (pikuai). These points are located below the 12th spinal vertebra, 3½ cun [Chinese inches] to either side.

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Picture title: Pigen. Caption on back of figure: Pigen

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