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Cold Dew 寒露 · leaf 15 of 361

An illustrated book, cut for the web

The 361 points, one leaf at a time.

Each point is a single leaf: where it is, what it’s for, how to press it. Deeper notes open when you tap the small red text, the way old readers wrote in the margins.

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今日一葉 · Today’s leaf

Hegu (LI4), 合谷

Large Intestine · 4th of 20

On the back of the hand, on the mound between thumb and index finger when the thumb presses in.

Where.
On the back of the hand, on the mound between thumb and index finger when the thumb presses in.
For.
Headache; pain of the face and teeth.
Press.
Toward the index-finger bone, one minute, then the other hand.
Caution.
Not in pregnancy.

LI4 is the 'command point of the head and face' — a classical daily choice when no term-specific entry applies.

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書架 Your shelfThe fourteen channels

Fourteen volumes on the shelf. Pull one down to read its leaves.

  1. 卷一手太陰肺經0/11
  2. 卷二手陽明大腸經0/20
  3. 卷三足陽明胃經0/45
  4. 卷四足太陰脾經0/21
  5. 卷五手少陰心經0/9
  6. 卷六手太陽小腸經0/19
  7. 卷七足太陽膀胱經0/67
  8. 卷八足少陰腎經0/27
  9. 卷九手厥陰心包經0/9
  10. 卷十手少陽三焦經0/23
  11. 卷十一足少陽膽經0/44
  12. 卷十二足厥陰肝經0/14
  13. 卷十三督脈0/28
  14. 卷十四任脈0/24

Three ways in

How to read a leaf

  1. 一 · Main text

    Where. …For. …Press. …

    Four short lines. Read it in under a minute.

  2. 二 · Red notes

    presshow hard,how longhere

    Two small lines tucked into the text. Tap to open the deeper note.

  3. 三 · Margin notes

    Skip in pregnancy.

    Cautions and pairings sit above the block, where readers wrote them.

  4. 四 · Fish tails

    The centre strip says where you are: volume and leaf.

  5. 五 · Seals

    Seal reading 合谷合谷

    Finish a leaf and stamp it. Your seals fill a book of 361.