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Landmarks for the Heart Channel

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  • Axilla
  • medial border of bicep brachii
  • medial cubital crease - mediald epicondyle of the humerus
  • medial tendon of bicep brachii
  • medial wrist crease - flexor carpi ulnaris
  • pisiform bone
  • fourth and fifth metacarpals
  • little finger
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Luo Channel for Heart Channel of Hand ShaoYin

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  1. Small Intestine Channel
  2. Heart Organ
  3. Root of the Tongue
  4. Eye
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Divergent Channel for Heart Channel of Hand Shaoyin

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Connects with:

  1. Heart
  2. Throat & Face
  3. Small Intestine Channel - at inner canthus
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Sinew Channel of Heart Channel of Hand Shaoyin

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  1. Originates on the little finger
  2. ascends medial aspect of arm binding at the elbow and axilla
  3. cross the lung sinew channel on the chest
  4. decends through the diaphragm and ends at the umbilicus
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Actions of Heart Channel

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  • treat pain in chest, heart and heart rhythm
  • calms shen - deficiency, excess heat of phlegm
  • treats disorders of tongue and voice
  • treats disorders the throat
  • treaats disorders of eyes
  • treats various orders of face and complexion
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Landmarks of the Small Intestine Channel of Hand Taiyang

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  • Little finger - fifthe metacarpel
  • Ulna - styloid process shaft
  • Olecranon of the Ulna
  • Medial epicondyle of the humerus
  • Scapula - scapular spine, inferior and superior fossa of scapula, inferior angle of scapula
  • Angle of mandible
  • Laryndeal prominence of thyroid cartilage
  • Sternocleidomastoid muscle (SCM)
  • Zygomatic arch and outer canthus
  • depression condyloid process - formed when mouth is open
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Luo Channel of Small Intestine Channel of Hand Taiyang

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Connects with:

  1. The Heart Channel and Large Intestine Channel - at the shoulder
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Divergent Channel of Small Intestine Channel of Hand Taiyang

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Areas reached:

  1. Axilla
  2. Heart
  3. Abdomen and Small Intestine
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Sinew Channel of Small Intestine Channel of Hand Taiyang

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  1. Originates on the little finger - binds at wrist
  2. Ascends the ulnar side of the arm - binds at medial condyle of the humerus
  • binds at the axilla
    3. Surrounds the scapula
    4. Ascends the neck - binds at the mastoid process
    5. Ascends behind the ear - a branch enters the ear
  • binds at the mandible
  • binds at the outer canthus
  • binds at the corner of the head
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Actions of the Small Intestine Channel of Hand Taiyang

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  • clear heat from the pathways of the channel and reduce fever
  • transform phlegm and clears heat from heart zang - mania disorder
  • cooling heat and alleviating pain along arm, axilla, shoulder, scapula, nech, throat, jaw, teeth, tongue, nose, cheek, eyes and ears
  • treat swelling - in neck, throat and cheek
  • treat disorders of the breast and lateral costal region
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Landmarks of the Urinary Bladder of Foot Taiyang

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  • Inner Canthus
  • Supraorbital ridge
  • Midline of Head
  • Occiput
  • Spinous Processes
  • Scapula - medial border, scapular spine, inferior angle
  • Floating Rib
  • Iliac Crest
  • Posterior Superior Iliac Spine (PSIS)
  • Sacrum
  • L4 - level with iliac crest
  • Sacral Foramina
  • Gluteal Fold
  • Gastrocnemius muscle
  • Achilles Tendon
  • Lateral malleolus
  • Border where skin changes colour
  • 5th metatarsal
  • Small toe
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Luo Channel of Urinary Bladder Channel of Foot Taiyang

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Connects with:

  1. the Kidney Channel - on the lower leg
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Divergent Channel of Urinary Bladder Channel of Foot Taiyang

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Areas Reached:

  1. Round the Anus
  2. Bladder
  3. Disperses in the kidneys
  4. Disperses in the Cardia Region
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Sinew Channel of Urinary Bladder Channel of Foot Taiyang

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  1. Originates at the little toe
  2. Branch ascends past the lateral malleolus, binding at the lateral aspect of the knee
  3. travels below lateral malleolus, biding at the heel
  4. Ascends the achilles tendon
  5. Seperates in the calf - at the convergence of the two heads of the gastrocnemius muscle, binding at the medial and lateral aspect of the popliteal fossa
  6. the two branches join in the gluteal region - binding at the buttock
  7. ascends laterally along the spine to the nape of the neck - binding at the occipital bone, branch binding at the tongue
  8. ascends over the crown of the head binding at the bridge of the nose
  9. circles the eye biding at the cheek bone
  10. Branch seperates at the back travels to the axilla, ascends supraclavical fossa - binds behind the ear, rises to the cheekbone alongside the nose
  11. Branch seperates on the back binds at the shoulder, overlaps SI channel
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Actions of Urinary Bladder Channel of Foot Taiyang

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  • elimante both interior and exterior wind from the body
  • treat shen disharmonies
  • treat disorders of eyes, nose head and face
  • Back Shu - effect the zangfu, tissues, substances and senses
  • treats disorders of the lumbar region, anus & leg
  • distal channel - treat interior exterior yang pathogens of the head, brain & sense organs, stronger effect on the channel as a whole rather than simply their local area
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Landmarks of Kidney Channel of Foo Shaoyin

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  • Second & Third metatarsal bone
  • Navicular Tuberosity
  • Medial Malleolus & Achilles Tendon
  • Popliteal crease - between the semitendinosus & semimembranosus tendons
  • Midline of body - .5 cun and 2 cun
  • pubic symphysis
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Luo CHannel of Kidney Channel of Foot Shaoyin

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  1. Begins at the posterior of the medial malleolus
  2. Circles the heel
  3. Connects with the bladder channel
  4. Ascends to the Pericardium
  5. Spreads into the lumbar vertebrae
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Divergent Channel of Kidney Channel of Foot Shaoyin

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Areas Reached:

  1. Bladder divergent channel
  2. Bladder Primary Channel
  3. Kidneys
  4. Root of the Tongue
  5. Neck
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Sinew Channel of Kidney Channel of Foot Shaoyin

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  1. begins beneath the little toe - joins the spleen sinew channel behind the medial malleolus, binds in the heel, joins the bladder sinew channel
  2. ascends the leg, binding at the medial condyle of the tibia
  3. joins with the spleen sinew channel along the thigh binding at the genitals
  4. travels along the spine - binding to the occipital bone
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Actions of Kidney Channel of Foot Shaoyin

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  • root pathologically ascending yang
  • nourish yin - clear deficient heat (night sweating), nourish liver yin to root liver yang (headaches, dizzyness), constipation due to dryness, balance heart fire and harmoinising the shen (restlessness, insomnia, poor memory
  • benfit the throat
  • root Qi and harmonising kidney and lung - cough, dyspnoea, wheezing
  • tonify kidney yang
  • strengthens the lumbar spine
  • benefits the ears
  • regulates Ren and Chong Channels
  • regulates bladder and intestines

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