THEMERIDIANS ANDCOLLATERRALSLU KAI-XINTCMDEPARTMENTMEDICALSCHOOLYANGZHOUUNIVERSITYEmail:kxlu@yzu.edu.cnlukaixincn@yahoo.com.cn
THE MERIDIANS AND COLLATERRALS LU KAI-XIN TCM DEPARTMENT, MEDICAL SCHOOL, YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY Email:kxlu@yzu.edu.cn lukaixincn@yahoo.com.cn
The basic conceptThe nomenclature of the meridians andcollaterals and their compositionFunctions of the meridians andcollateralsDistribution ofthefourteen meridiansCyclicalflowof Qiinthetwelvemainmeridians
The basic concept ¡ The nomenclature of the meridians and collaterals and their composition ¡ Functions of the meridians and collaterals ¡ Distribution of the fourteen meridians ¡ Cyclical flow of Qi in the twelve main meridians
The nomenclature of the meridiansand collaterals and their composition.hand orfoot.yinoryangthree yin(Taiyin,Shaoyin and Jueyin)three yang(Yangming,Taiyang andShaoyang).zangorfu organs
The nomenclature of the meridians and collaterals and their composition ¡ .hand or foot ¡ .yin or yang three yin(Taiyin,Shaoyin and Jueyin) three yang(Yangming,Taiyang and Shaoyang) ¡ .zang or fu organs
hand or footThemeridians starting or terminating at the handare named"Hand",while those starting orterminating at the foot are named "Foot".So thetwelve meridians are divided into four groups:three yin meridians of hand, three yang meridiansof hand, three yin meridians of foot, and threeyang-meridians of foot. Each of the meridian isnamed according to the medial orthe lateralaspect of hand or foot, the names to which zangand fu pertain, and the nature of yin or yang
hand or foot ¡ The meridians starting or terminating at the hand are named "Hand" , while those starting or terminating at the foot are named "Foot". So the twelve meridians are divided into four groups: three yin meridians of hand, three yang meridians of hand, three yin meridians of foot, and three yang-meridians of foot. Each of the meridian is named according to the medial or the lateral aspect of hand or foot, the names to which zang and fu pertain, and the nature of yin or yang
yin oryang- Taiyin-anterior Yangming- Jueyin midline -Shaoyang Shaoyin posterior -Taiyang
yin or yang ¡ Taiyin——anterior ——Yangming ¡ Jueyin ——midline ——Shaoyang ¡ Shaoyin ——posterior ——Taiyang