Name/Title
Needles, acupunctureDescription
In ancient Chinese medicine, the body was felt to be an energetic system composed of twelve meridians with about 365 energy channels surrounding the various organs, each nourishing a part of the body with the life force, or Qi. Disease (and a pathologic Qi) would be the result of an interruption in those channels. Once a particular problem was identified, physicians placed needles at the relevant channel to stimulate the flow of Qi in order to correct the imbalance between the Yin and Yang, and thus an internal disorder could be treated without surgical intervention.
Included is a wooden Chinese acupuncture figure from the Ming Dynasty (late seventeenth century).Condition
Overall Condition
Very GoodDate Examined
Jul 9, 2026Create Date
July 9, 2026Update Date
August 16, 2026
