"Soothing the liver, don't look for the liver meridian", so which meridian to look for, we'll talk about it later. First of all, we have to talk about the fact that the liver meridian doesn't soothe the liver. Because in the minds of many friends, in this understanding of meridians, there will be such a vague and inaccurate understanding: I want to find the lung meridian for things with lungs, the heart meridian for things with heart, and the kidney meridian for things with kidneys. Then, of course, if there is anything about the liver, look for the liver meridian.

In the meridian theory, we can't simply correspond. Zang-fu organs have the functions of zang-fu organs and have their own characteristics. Meridians also have meridians. Meridian says that it will contain viscera to some extent, but it can't be simply one-to-one correspondence. Particularly obvious is the liver meridian.

In the early days, this meridian should be called Foot Jueyin accurately. You see, when communicating with ordinary people, we often talk about the liver meridian. But in fact, in meridian teaching and professional language, hand Taiyin, foot Shaoyin and foot Jueyin are generally used to describe this meridian.

Take the hand Taiyin as an example, everyone will call it the lung meridian, but it will be called the hand Taiyin, which represents the position information of the meridian. The hand represents the upper limb, Yin represents the inner side, and Taiyin represents the line near the thumb on the inner side of the upper limb, so the hand Taiyin has obvious position information, which is convenient for meridian diagnosis. Then connect the line near the inner thumb of your upper limb with the organs of the lung and the corresponding organs in the lung area. This is an expression of meridians.

Then when we get to the Foot Jueyin Meridian, we will know that the the twelve meridians system is also a development process from incomplete to complete. There were only eleven pulses in the early stage, or there was a stage called eleven pulse theory stage. Then at that time, the names of the meridians were not as they are now, and the hands and feet were corresponding and related to the viscera one by one. At that time, the foot Jue Yin refers to the vein inside the lower limbs that ends in the vulva. The syncope means the end, and the yin means the problem of vaginal organs and anterior pudendum, that is, this meridian is located inside the lower limbs and ends at the anterior pudendum. Because there was no hand-Jue yin pulse at that time, when it comes to Jue yin, it must be the inside of the lower limbs, and there is no need to lift the feet at all. Jueyin refers to the pulse on the inner side of lower limbs, ending in vagina.

Then, in the the twelve meridians stage, when there is a need to establish a one-to-one relationship between the twelve meridians and zang-fu organs, and the relationship between zang-fu organs and meridians is also harmonious with each other, we will link this meridian with the gallbladder meridian of foot shaoyang to form a harmonious relationship with the outside world. This meridian just reaches the trunk, but it doesn't reach the trunk. What should I do? With the help of this route of the gallbladder meridian of foot shaoyang, it reached the sides of trunk and ribs, and in the later route, it reached the top with the help of the foot shaoyin route.

So if you look at the Foot Jueyin Meridian, there are 14 acupoints in it. Twelve of these fourteen acupoints are located under the vulva, and these twelve acupoints are mainly used to treat pre-vulvar diseases. For example, in its meridian diseases, there is such a description called "husband?" Hernia, less abdominal distension in women "? Hernia is the prefix of a disease with a precious and expensive pronunciation of "Kui", which refers to hernia, a special kind of hernia, which is Yin Qian's disease. Small abdominal distension in women also refers to fullness of anterior yin, so this meridian is mainly used to treat anterior yin disease.

Apart from these twelve acupoints, there are two other acupoints, one is Zhangmen and the other is Qimen, which are on both sides of the chest and waist. This part of the acupoints in the early ancient literature, in the previous "The Secret of Outer Taiwan" literature: one belongs to the gallbladder meridian of Foot Shaoyang and the other belongs to the spleen meridian of Foot Taiyin. It can be said that Jueyin Meridian really only stops at vagina. Because of this, the meridian line goes up to the meridian line of the abdomen with the help of the gallbladder meridian of foot shaoyang. Meridian does not reach the abdomen, and acupoints can also be attributed to gallbladder meridian and spleen meridian. So from the initial appearance of the meridian, this meridian is mainly to solve the problem of yin organs.

At this time, a friend will ask a rhetorical question, saying that there is a unique acupoint in this meridian, that is, Taichong acupoint. Taichong point is located between the big toe and the second toe of the foot, which is a bit like the tiger's mouth, that is, the location of Hegu point. Hegu Peitai opened the fourth grade, once talked about a health care method such as "soothing the liver and regulating qi to open the fourth grade", and also sent a three-spice tea. Therefore, Hegu and Taichong are both soothing the liver and regulating qi. I said that Taichong point does have such a function, but this function is unique. Of the twelve acupoints just mentioned below the vulva in the meridians of the Foot Jueyin, this acupoint may be the only one that has such a soothing effect.

The reason why it has the effect of soothing the liver is because of the position of this acupoint. Both it and Hegu point are located in a unique place like the tiger's mouth, and these two parts are called the gap between human hands and feet. Therefore, it is very helpful for the operation of human qi, not specifically liver qi, but the flow of human qi as a whole. Therefore, it has a great overall adjustment effect on the overall qi and blood running state of the human body. Therefore, it is not a simple acupoint for soothing the liver, but an acupoint for regulating qi. It is impossible to include it as the function of a single acupoint in all acupoints of the whole meridian.

Then the question is, since the liver meridian does not take the function of soothing the liver as the main body of this meridian, and the effective acupoints are either in a unique position or did not belong to this meridian before, which meridian should be sought for soothing the liver?

Do you still remember that in the previous stage, lung nodules, thyroid nodules, liver cysts and ovarian cysts were all related to one meridian? After that lecture, many friends were particularly concerned about this topic and talked in depth. Secondly, this meridian is closely related to the qi-qi movement in the human body, that is, the gallbladder meridian of foot shaoyang, which regulates the excretion function and qi-qi movement function of the human body. Why? You can look at the anatomical knowledge explained in detail in that meridian and its corresponding relationship with acupoints in the body. Therefore, soothing the liver needs to find the gallbladder meridian.