Meridian Theory: Channels and Collaterals Flashcards
List the 12 main meridians in order of daily qi travel.
Lung
Large Intestine
Stomach
Spleen
Heart
Small Intestine
Bladder
Kidney
Pericardium
San Jiao
Gallbladder
Liver
Number of acupoints there are along the LUNG channel?
11
Number of acupuncture points along the LARGE INTESTINE channel?
20
How many STOMACH acupuncture points?
45
How many SPLEEN acupoints?
21
Number of HEART acupuncture points?
9
How many SMALL INTESTINE acupoints?
19
Number of BLADDER acupuncture points?
67
Number of KIDNEY acupoints?
27
How many PERICARDIUM points are there?
9
Number of SAN JIAO acupoints?
23
How many GALLBLADDER acupoints are there?
44
Number of LIVER acupuncture points?
14
If you were to unraveled them, the 12 primary channels create a circle because they’re all connected.
List (in the right order) the 3 cycles (prior to repeating) and the channels that Qi travels through within the body.
- Lung, Large Intestine, Stomach, Spleen.
- Heart, Small Intestine, Bladder, Kidney.
- Pericardium, San Jiao, Gallbladder, Liver.
Repeat!
Translate Jing Luo.
Channel Network.
Channels and Collaterals.
Channels and Network Vessels.
Warp and Woof (Weaving Term: Vertical and Horizontal Threads).
A Web or Grid.
The Jing are the main, up and down, bigger channels and the Luo are the connecting, side to side, littler channels - to transport blood and Qi.
Meridian: Coordinate System.
Latitudinal or Longitudinal Lines.
How many Jing and Luo? Give numbers.
12 Jing: main or primary channels (vertical).
15 Luo: connecting channels (horizontal).
Describe the body circuit direction of all 3 repeating Qi flow cycles throughout the 12 primary meridians.
Chest to hand, hand to face, face to foot, foot to chest.
Hand Tai Yin:
Match the Chinese channel term to an English channel term and give the functional reason why it is called that.
Lung channel.
Because Qi travels from chest to hand direction through it.
Hand Yang Ming:
Match the Chinese channel term to an English channel term and give the functional reason why it is called that.
Large Intestine channel.
Because Qi travels hand to face direction through it.
Foot Yang Ming:
Match the Chinese channel term to an English channel term and give the functional reason why it is called that.
Stomach channel.
Because Qi travels face to foot direction through it.
Foot Tai Yin:
Match the Chinese channel term to an English channel term and give the functional reason why it is called that.
Spleen channel.
Because Qi travels foot to chest direction through it.
Hand Shao Yin:
Match the Chinese channel term to an English channel term and give the functional reason why it is called that.
Heart channel.
Because Qi travels chest to hand direction through it.
Hand Tai Yang:
Match the Chinese channel term to an English channel term and give the functional reason why it is called that.
Small Intestine channel.
Because Qi travels hand to face direction through it.
Foot Tai Yang:
Match the Chinese channel term to an English channel term and give the functional reason why it is called that.
Bladder channel.
Because Qi travels face to foot direction through it.
Foot Shao Yin:
Match the Chinese channel term to an English channel term and give the functional reason why it is called that.
Kidney channel.
Because Qi travels foot to chest direction through it.
Hand Jue Yin:
Match the Chinese channel term to an English channel term and give the functional reason why it is called that.
Pericardium channel.
Because Qi travels chest to hand direction through it.
Hand Shao Yang:
Match the Chinese channel term to an English channel term and give the functional reason that it was called that.
San Jiao channel.
Because Qi travels hand to face direction through it.
Foot Shao Yang:
Match the Chinese channel term to an English channel term and give the functional reason why it is called that.
Gallbladder channel.
Because Qi travels face to foot direction through it.
Foot Jue Yin:
Match the Chinese channel term to an English channel term and give the functional reason why it is called that.
Liver channel.
Because Qi travels foot to chest direction through it.
Regarding yin or yang related to body position, and 6 division pairs, closer toward the back of the body is more ________ and closer to the front of the body is more _________. Why?
Back = Yang.
Front = Yin.
Why: Ancient China was an agricultural society and bending down or over during rice farming, a person’s back was hit by the sunlight (yang) and the front was in the shadow or dark (yin).
