"The head is the meeting of all yang", and the six yang meridians (large intestine, small intestine, triple energizer, bladder, stomach and gallbladder) all go too far. The forehead and face are the large intestine and stomach; The lateral head is triple energizer and gallbladder meridian; The back, neck and shoulders are the bladder and small intestine.
The midline of the head is the governor vessel; On both sides of the Du meridian are bladder meridian and gallbladder meridian respectively. The auricular fossa belong to the head du meridian and intersect with Baihui point. Baihui point is the meeting place of all yang, where the du meridian, bladder meridian and liver meridian of human body meet, and all yang is gathered here. The gallbladder meridian starts from the outer corner of the eye and runs along both sides to the fourth toe of the foot.
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system composition
Meridians include the twelve meridians, Eight Veins of Strange Meridians, the twelve meridians and Fifteen Collaterals. The twelve meridians is the trunk of meridians, which is "hidden in the official organs (viscera) and collateral in the branches" (On Ling Shu Hai).
The twelve meridians is an expert branch of the twelve meridians on chest, abdomen and head. Eight strange meridians have special distribution and certain functions. Fifteen collaterals refer to the the twelve meridians of the human body, plus Ren meridian in front of the trunk, Du meridian behind the trunk, and spleen collateral on the side of the trunk, totaling fifteen collaterals.
The twelve meridians is divided into lung meridian of hand Taiyin, large intestine meridian of hand Yangming, stomach meridian of foot Yangming, spleen meridian of foot Taiyin, heart meridian of hand Shaoyin, small intestine meridian of hand Taiyang, bladder meridian of foot Taiyang, kidney meridian of foot Shaoyin, pericardium meridian of hand Jueyin, triple energizer meridian of hand Shaoyang, gallbladder meridian of foot Shaoyang and liver meridian of foot Jueyin. The twelve meridians is the main body of the meridian system, so it is called "Zheng Zheng".
Follow the direction of walking
The walking direction is: the three yin meridians of the hand go from the chest, the three yang meridians of the hand go from the hand to the head, the three yang meridians of the foot go from the beginning to the foot, and the three yin meridians of the foot go from the foot to the abdomen (chest). As "Lingshu Shunfei Sword" said: "The three yin in the hand is hidden, the three yang in the hand is from hand to head, the three yang in the foot is from head to foot, and the three yin in the foot is from foot to abdomen."
The Distribution and Exterior-Interior Relationship of the twelve meridians
The distribution law of 1. the twelve meridians
The distribution of the twelve meridians on the body surface is regular. Specifically from the following three aspects to elaborate.
Head and face: the three yang meridians of the hand end at the head and face, the three yang meridians of the foot start at the head and face, and the three yang meridians of the hand and foot meet at the head and face, so it is called "the meeting of all yang".
The distribution characteristics of the twelve meridians in the head and face are as follows: (1) The Yangming Meridian of hands and feet is distributed within the denomination; The sun meridian of the hand is distributed on the cheek; The shaoyang meridians of hands and feet are distributed in the temples of ears; The meridians of the foot sun are distributed on the top of the head and occipital neck. In addition, the meridian of foot Jue Yin also runs on the upper part.
The distribution law of the twelve meridians in the head and face is: Yangming is in front, Shaoyang is in the side, and the sun is in the back.
Trunk: The general rule of the twelve meridians's distribution in the trunk is that the Yin San and Yangming meridians of the foot are distributed in the chest and abdomen (front), the Sanyang and Taiyang meridians of the hand are distributed in the scapula, back and waist (back), and the Yin San, Shaoyang and Jueyin meridians of the hand are distributed in the armpit, hypochondriac and lateral abdomen (side).
The general rule of the twelve meridians's distribution in limbs is that the Yin meridian is distributed inside the limbs and the Yang meridian is distributed outside. The lower half of the calf and the dorsum of the foot, the liver meridian is in front and the spleen meridian is in the midline. After eight inches of internal mania, the spleen meridian is in front and the liver meridian is in the midline.
2. the twelve meridians's exterior-interior relationship
Yin San Yang, hand and foot the twelve meridians communicate with each other through meridians, forming six pairs, which are "combination of exterior and interior", that is, "foot sun and shaoyin are exterior and interior, shaoyang and jueyin are exterior and interior, and Yangming and Taiyin are exterior and interior, that is, foot yin and yang. The sun and shaoyin of the hand are exterior and interior, shaoyang and the heart (the pericardium meridian of the hand jueyin) are exterior and interior, and Yangming and Taiyin are exterior and interior, which are the yin and yang of the hand. "
The exterior and interior are two meridians, which follow the relative positions of the inside and outside of the limbs and meet at the ends of the limbs; Collaterals also belong to zang-fu organs, which form the yin-yang relationship of zang-fu.
The twelve meridians's relationship between exterior and interior is not only strengthened by the connection of the two meridians, but also because the collaterals belong to the same zang-fu organ, which makes the zang-fu organs with exterior and interior mutually cooperate in physiological function and affect each other in pathology. In treatment, the acupoints of the two meridians often cross each other.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-meridian