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TRADITIONS & UTENSILS

 

 

 

  Chinese acupuncture dolls

 

China

An antique Chinese acupuncture doll, which was used as a model to understand the traditional theoretical framework, i.e. the anatomy, as well as the physiology of the acupuncture points in a human body.

 

In this Beijing clinic for traditional medicine, they have a male an female effigy on display, with in between the two a ginseng root.

 

  Chinese acupuncture dolls