Channel Pathways Flashcards
Can you describe the pathway of the Lung meridian?
There is an internal pathway of the Lung meridian that originates within the middle Jiao (膲) of the body (some say the yellow court region of the body) and then descends to meet with the Large Intestine (it’s paired elemental organ).
Curving around the Large Intestine it ascends through the body via the diaphragm and divides to pass through the Lungs.
After the pathways from the Lungs reconnect they travel upwards to the throat before dividing once more and exiting the body at the position of the first point on the external Lung meridian (Lung 1 -Zhong Fu -中府).
The external branches of the Lung meridian are bilateral and travel along the length of both arms.
From the position of Lung 1 -(Zhong Fu -中府) the pathways ascends 1 Cun (寸) before passing across the front of the shoulder and down the anterior of the aspect of the arm.
The meridian passes along the border of the biceps muscle until it reaches the outer edge of the biceps tendon in the crease of the elbow at Lung 5 (Chi Ze -尺澤).
From here it continues to travel along the forearm to the radial side of the wrist.
The final stretch of the external branch of the Lung meridian travels from the wrist crease over the thumb muscle (an area known as the ‘fish belly’ in Daoism) before concluding at the radial corner of the thumbnail.
