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Medical name (in English) and abbreviation
Stomach 23, ST23
Traditional Chinese characters:
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太乙 ( tai yi / tài yĭ ) is composed of these characters*:
太 (tai)
, 乙 (yi)
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The modern (simplified) Chinese characters of tài yĭ are identical with the traditional characters displayed above. In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), traditional Chinese characters are normally used to designate the points.
Topic
The Stomach Meridian
Meaning of of this acupuncture point's individual characters as well as interpretation of the entire term in context with TCM
extremely | "the one; the second" | extreme unity
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