Energetics1 ZZ Handout Meridians

THE CHANNELS AND
COLLATERALS
THE FUNCTIONS OF THE

CHANNELS
1. Transporting qi and blood throughout the
body and rendering the body an
integrated whole
2. Protecting the body
3. Responding to dysfunction in the body
4. The channels serve to transmit qi to the
diseased area
12 primary channels
Jing
(channels)
8 extraordinary channels
12 divergent channels
Channel and
Collaterals
12 muscular regions
12 cutaneous regions
Luo
(collaterals)
Luo-connecting
channels)
15 collaterals
Minute collaterals
Superficial collaterals
Channels and collaterals
12 primary channels
Lung channel of hand taiyin
3 hand yin Pericardium channel of hand jueyin
Heart channel of hand shaoyin
Large Intestine channel of hand yangming
12 primary
channels
3 hand yang San Jiao channel of hand shaoyang
Small Intestine channel of hand taiyang
Stomach channel of foot yangming
3 foot yang Gall Bladder channel of foot shaoyang
Bladder channel of foot taiyang
Spleen channel of foot taiyin
3 foot yin Liver channel of foot jueyin
Kidney channel of foot shaoyin
Naming of 12 primary channels
Based on:
Hand or foot (upper extremities hand channel; lower extremities foot
channel)
Yin or Yang (inside of the arm or leg yin channel; outside of the arm or leg
yang channel)
Zang or Fu (Yin channel Zang; Yang channel Fu)
Foot
channel
Hand
channel
Yin Yang Hand
channel
Foot
channel
Spleen Lung Taiyin Yangming Large
intestine
Stomach
Liver Pericardi
um
J ueyin Shaoyang San jiao Gall
bladder
Kidney Heart Shaoyin Taiyang Small
intestine
Bladder
Distribution on four extremities
(while the palms facing the legs / superficial)
Hand
channel
Foot
channel
Yin Yang Hand
channel
Foot
channel
Inside of
the arm
Inside of
the leg
inside outside Outside of
the arm
Outside
of the leg
Lung Spleen Taiyin Anterior
portion
Yangming Large
intestine
Stomach
Pericardi
um
Liver Jueyin Middle
portion
Shaoyang San jiao Gall
bladder
Heart Kidney Shaoyin Posterior
portion
Taiyang Small
intestine
Bladder
Three hand yin
Lung Pericardium Heart
hand taiyin hand jueyin hand shaoyin
Three hand yang
Large intestine San jiao Small Intestine
hand yangming hand shaoyang hand Taiyang
Three foot yin
Spleen Liver Kidney
foot taiyin foot jueyin foot shaoyin
Three foot yang
Stomach Gallbladder (urinary) Bladder
foot yangming foot shaoyang foot Taiyang
Interior or exterior related
channels
Interior Exterior
Taiyin Yangming
Lung Large intestine
Spleen Stomach
J ueyin Shaoyang
Pericardium San jiao
Liver Gall bladder
Shaoyin Taiyang
Heart Small intestine
Kidney Bladder
Direction of the pathway
From To
Three hand yin channel Chest Hand
Three hand yang channel Hand Head
Three foot yang channel Head Foot
Three foot yin channel Foot Abdominal (chest)
Where does the yang channels meet?
Head (head belongs to yang)
Where does the yin channels meet?
Chest
Where does yin channel meet yang channel or yang channel meet yin channel?
Hand or foot (jing-well points)
The three complete circuits of the
pathway of primary channels
Yin Yang
Taiyin
yangming
(1
st
circuit)
Lung Large intestine
Spleen Stomach
Shaoyin-
taiyang
(2
nd
circuit)
Heart Small intestine
Kidney Bladder
J ueyin-
shaoyang
(3
rd
circuit)
Pericardium San jiao
Liver Gall bladder
THE EIGHT EXTRAORDINARY VESSELS (channel)
Characteristics
-special None of them
pertains to the Zang organs or
Fu organs. They may connect
with extraordinary organs
(brain, marrow, bone, vessels,
gallbladder, uterus) have no
points of their own, but share
points of the fourteen channels
(have their own confluent points)
branch off from the trunks of the
primary channels, and interlink
the primary channels to each
other
-odd: Not exteriorly-interiorly
related
Conception (Ren)
Governing (Du)
Penetrating(Chong)
Girdling (Dai)
Yin Motility (Yin Qiao)
Yang Motility (Yang
Qiao)
Yin Linking (Yin Wei)
Yang Linking (Yang Wei)
FUNCTIONS OF THE EXTRAORDINARY
VESSELS
1. link the twelve primary channels
Du (Governor): (meets all the Yang channels)
the sea of the Yang channel
Ren (conception): the sea of the Yin channel
Chong (penetrating): the sea of the 12 primary
channels; the sea of blood
Dai (belt): binding up all the channels
2. act as reservoirs
3. protect the body
12 Divergent meridians
Characteristics
A. Distributions
1. diverge: from its related regular (primary)
channel at a big joints (shoulder, armpit, hip,
knee, popliteal fossa)
2. enter: into abdomen or chest (deeply)
3. exit: at neck or above (superficial)
4. converge: at the related Yang meridians
Yang channel: at its regular channel
Yin channel: at its related Yang channel
(coupled Yang channel)
Characteristics (cont.)
B. most divergent channels pass through HT
organ (LU and LI not enter HT)
C. supplement the distribution of the regular
meridians
D. no points on divergent channels (runs
deeper than regular channels)
Functions
1. strengthen the yin yang relationship between
internally externally paired channels and
zangfu (converge)
2. distribute qi and blood to head and face (exit:
at neck or above )
3. integrate areas of the body not supplied or
interconnected by the primary channels
(supplement the distribution of the regular
meridians)
Functions (cont.)
4. help explain the clinical action of some
commonly used acupuncture points
5. pass through the HT organ HT controls the
whole body (extremities inward) (most
divergent channels pass through HT organ )
6. integrate body tissues as a whole: joints HT
face/sensory organs
12 Muscular regions
pathways are similar to their relates primary
meridians
Pathways
1. start: terminals of extremities (jing-well points)
2. bundle: big joints (wrist/elbow/ shoulder;
ankle/knee/hip)
3. distribute: superficial area (along its relates primary
meridians), NEVER connect to internal organs
4. unite: at head (Yang channels) or trunk (Yin channels)
3 arm yang: GB 13 3 arm yin: GB 22
3 leg Yang: ST 3 or SI 18 3 leg yin: REN 3
Functions
1. nourish muscle, tendon, joints (in
charge of movements)
2. form defensive layer of body (Skin
muscle)
Symptoms and treatment
symptoms: muscle or joint pain (arthritis,
spasm, numbness, limitation of movement)
treatment: Ashi points (acupressure,
massage)
THE TWELVE CUTANEOUS REGIONS
The twelve cutaneous regions are not

channels as such, but skin regions
overlying the broad network of superficial
channels and linked to them.
Functions of 12 cutaneous region
1. provide the theoretical foundation for the idea of
invasion by exogenous pathogenic factors through the
skin to the deeper layers of the jingluo system.
2. manifest disorders of the deep-lying channels, for
example by abnormal skin sensations, skin lesions or
discoloration:
. a blue-green (qing) color indicates pain
. a red color indicates heat
. a white color indicates deficiency and cold
3. explain how treatment applied at the level of the skin
(for example medicinal ointments, massage, cupping,
plum blossom needling, skin scraping and dermal
needling) is able to have a deep therapeutic effect.
THE LUO-CONNECTING CHANNELS
There are fifteen principal luo-connecting
channels which branch out from the primary
channels and the extraordinary vessels and
are distributed superficially over the body.
Luo-connecting channels branches out from:
1. twelve primary channels (four extremities)
2. Conception vessels (REN)
3. Governing vessels (DU) trunk
4. the great luo-connecting channel of the Spleen.
Pathway of collaterals
Luo-connecting point
(start from 12 primary
channel)
Certain area where Luo-
connecting channel
(collateral) distribute to
external or internally related
meridian
from the luo-connecting point of their own channel
to connect with their internally-externally paired
channel. After joining with their paired channel they
usually continue to follow their own pathways.
FUNCTIONS OF THE LUO-CONNECTING
CHANNELS
strengthen the connection between
internally-externally paired channels
and zang-fu.

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