Figure 6: Veins and bloodletting sites

(1) According to the History of Tibetan Medicine written by Desi Sangye Gyatso, this diagram is “the front view of the context in the Four Medical Classics: A Collection of Commentaries compiled by the Lundin School”

(2) Description of the original image: This image was compiled by the Lhuntin Namgyel Dorje School of the later Northern School of Tibetan Medicine based on the Four Medical Classics: A Collection of Treatises. It shows the blood vessels of the human head, neck, trunk, and limbs, as well as the bloodletting sites and distribution of vital white veins on the front of the human body.

(3) The seventy-seven bloodletting sites on the body are marked with red numbers. Red spiral lines mark the places where Qi and blood meet. Brown lines mark the vital white veins. Black lines mark the visible veins on the limbs.

(1) According to the History of Tibetan Medicine written by Desi and Sangye Gyatso, this diagram is “the reverse side of the veins in the Collection of Commentaries on the Four Medical Classics compiled by the Lunding School.”

(2) The symbols in the figure are the same as those on the front side.