Meridians II: Liver

Question 1

What is the full name of the Liver channel?

Answer 1

The Liver Meridian of the Foot Jueyin

Question 2

What is the relationship between the Liver channel and the Pericardium channel?

Answer 2

They are the hand and foot channels of the Jueyin

Question 3

The Liver channel pathway connects with which sensory organ?

Answer 3

The eye system

Question 4

LV-3

Name:

Answer 4

Taichong / Great Rushing

Question 5

LV-5

Name:

Answer 5

Ligou / Woodworm Canal

Question 6

LV-13

Name:

Answer 6

Zhangmen / Completion Gate

Question 7

LV-14

Name:

Answer 7

Qimen / Cycle Gate

Question 8

LV-1

Location:

Answer 8

On the lateral side of the terminal phalanx of the great toe, 0.1 cun from the corner of the nail

Question 9

LV-2

Location:

Answer 9

On the dorsum of the foot between the first and second toe, proximal to the margin of the web at the junction of the red and white skin

Question 10

LV-3

Location:

Answer 10

On the dorsum of the foot, in the depression distal to the junction of the first and second metatarsal bones

Question 11

LV-4

Location:

Answer 11

Anterior to the medial malleolus, midway between SP-5 and ST-41, in the depression on the medial side of the tendon of the m. tibialis anterior

Question 12

LV-5

Location:

Answer 12

5 cun above the tip of the medial malleolus, on the midline of the medial surface of the tibia

Question 13

LV-6

Location:

Answer 13

7 cun above the tip of the medial malleolus, on the midline of the medial surface of the tibia

Question 14

LV-7

Location:

Answer 14

Posterior and inferior to the medial condyle of the tibia in the upper portion of the medial head of the gastroccnemius, 1 cun posterior to SP-9

Question 15

LV-8

Location:

Answer 15

When knee is flexed, the point is at the medial end of the transverse popiteal crease, posterior to the medial epicondyle of the tibia, in the depression of the anterior border of the insertions of the m. semimembranosus and m. semitendinosus

Question 16

LV-9

Location:

Answer 16

4 cun above the medial epicondyle of the femur, between the m. vastus medialis and the m. sartorius

Question 17

LV-10

Location:

Answer 17

3 cun directly below ST-30, at the proximal end of the thigh, below the pubic tubercle and on the lateral border of the m. abductor longus

Question 18

LV-11

Location:

Answer 18

2 cun directly below ST-30, at the proximal end of the thigh, below the pubic tubercle and the on the lateral border of the m. abductor longus

Question 19

LV-12

Location:

Answer 19

Lateral to the pubic tubercle, lateral and inferior to ST-30, in the inguinal groove where the pulsation of the femoral artery is palpable, 2,5 cun lateral to the anterior midline

Question 20

LV-13

Location:

Answer 20

On the lateral side of the abdomen, below the free end of the eleventh rib

Question 21

LV-14

Location:

Answer 21

Directly below the nipple, in the sixth intercostal space, 4 cun lateral to the anterior midline