Meridians

Question 1

Heart Meridian Pathway (3 deep pathways)

Answer 1

1. begins at a deep level in the tissue of the heart itself. A deep pathway travels down the median line, through the diaphragm into the abdomen, and connects to the small intestine.
2. Another deep branch travels superiorly alongside the esophagus, over the pharynx, around the angle of the mouth, and up to the optic foramen.
3. A third pathway ascends along the aorta, passes into the lungs, and runs laterally along the subclavian artery to the axilla, where it becomes superficial at the entry point, HT 1.

Question 2

Small Intestine Pathway (4 deep branches)

Answer 2

1. Begins as the superficial pathway at the ulnar nail point of the little finger, the entry point of SI-1. It travels along the medial border of the little finger and the 5th metacarpal bone, runs slightly posterior over the styloid process of the ulna, and up the ulnar side of the extensor carpi ulnaris to the elbow, where it passes between the olecranon and the medial epicondyle of the humerus. It continues up the medial posterior surface of the arm to the inferior edge of the acromion. It then drops down to the scapula, ascends again and travels medially, superior to the spine of the scapula, and arrives at the median line below the seventh cervical vertebra at GV-14.
2. From GV-14 the pathway becomes deep and runs anteriorly over the shoulder to the supraclavicular fossa, at ST-12. Here the pathway divides.
3. One branch continues as the deep pathway, first to the heart at CV-17, then it descends along the esophagus, penetrates the diaphragm in the median line, passes through the stomach at CV-13 and CV-12, and connects with the small intestines.
4. The other branch continues as the superficial pathway, ascending the neck along the sternocleidomastoid through SI-16, and crossing over the mandible as it ascends the cheek to SI-18 and turns laterally to end in front of the tragus of the ear at the exit point, SI-19.
5. A deep branch ascends from SI-18 to the lateral canthus of the eye at GB-1, to end at SI-19.
6. Another deep branch leaves the superficial pathway at SI-18, to ascend close to the nose and onto the medial canthus of the eye at BL-1, where it connects to the bladder meridian.

Question 3

Bladder Meridian Pathway

Answer 3