Table 8 Extraordinary Vessels

Question 1

Question 2

Chong Mai

Answer 2

Sea of Blood,
Sea of the 12-primary channels
Reservoir of Qi and Blood

Gynecological disorders, sexual disorders, impotence, spasm and pain in the abdomen, irregular menses, infertility, asthmatic breathing, dyspnea, colic, running piglet syndrome, counterflow Qi, atrophy disorders of the leg.

Key Points: Ren 1, Stomach 30, K 11-21

Question 3

Du Mai

Answer 3

Du Mai

Sea of Yang Channels. Governs Yang: Qi, Yuan Qi, Wei Qi, Wind, Heat, Fire, and all Yang Channels.
Stiffness and pain along the spine, opisthotonos, headache, vertigo, shaking, epilepsy, mental disorders due to wind/Yang, febrile disease due to Yang, colic, constipation, enuresis, hemorrhoids, infertility, pain in the eyes.
Key Points: Du 1-28

Question 4

Ren Mai

Answer 4

Ren Mai

Sea of Yin Channels. Controls all Yin: Blood, Body Fluids, Damp, Phlegm.
Receive and bear the Qi of Yin Channels.
Leucorrhoea, irregular menses, colic, infertility, hernia, nocturnal emission, enuresis, retention of urine, pain in the epigastric region and lower abdomen, pain in the genital region.
Key Points: Ren 1-24

Question 5

Dai Mai

Answer 5

Dai Mai

Binds all channels, only horizontal channel.
Distention and fullness of the abdomen, irregular menses, leucorrhoea, prolapse of the uterus, muscular atrophy, pain and weakness of the lumbar region, weakness and motor impairment of the lower limbs, pain around the umbilicus, headache, problems around the waist.
Key Points: G 26, G 27, G 28, Liver 13

Question 6

Yang Qiao

Answer 6

Yang Qiao Mai

Regulates motion of the lower limb, especially joint functions.
Diseases of the eyes, tightness and spasms of the muscles along the lateral aspect of the lower leg while the medial aspect is flaccid or atrophied. Insomnia, redness and pain of the inner canthus, pain and stiffness in the back and lumbar, eversion of foot, loss of consciousness, daytime epilepsy, hemiplegia, rigidity of the body.

Key Points: B 62, B 61, B 59, GB 29, Si 10, Li 15, Li 16, GB 20, St 4, St 3, St 1, B 1, GB 20

Question 7

Yin Qiao

Answer 7

Yin Qiao Mai

Regulates motion of the lower limb.

Night-time epilepsy, diseases of the eyes, tightness and spasms of the muscles along the medial aspect of the lower leg while the lateral aspect is flaccid or atrophied, lethargy, pain in the abdomen, pain in the lumbar and hip regions referring to the pubic region, spasm of the lower limb, inversion of foot, leucorrhoea, hernia, pain along the waist to the genitals, genital pain, uterine bleeding, hypersomnia.

Key Points: K 2, K 6, K 8, BL 1

Question 8

Yang Wei Mai

Answer 8

-connects all Yang Channels
-dominates exterior (chills and fever)
-vertigo, muscular fatigue, stiffness and pain, pain and distension of the waist, visual dizziness, dyspnea with raised shoulders, acute and sudden pain and swelling of the lumbar region.

Key Points: B 63, G 35, Si 10, SJ 15, G 21, G 13-20, Du 16, Du 15

Question 9

Yin Wei Mai

Answer 9

Links or connects all Yin Channels. Dominates the interior of the body.
Interior syndromes such as heart pain, chest pain, cardiac pain and stomachache, digestion, nausea, vomiting, insomnia, emotional disturbance, shen disturbance, fullness and pain of the lateral coastal region, mental disorders.
Key Points: K 9, Sp 13, Sp 15, Sp 16, Liv 14, R 22, R 23