Acupuncture-moxibustion
The introduction
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A household word of medical means in
china
Does not emply any drug, surgical operation
or complicated instrument but only a small
needle.
Nearly 400kinds of disease could be treated
by it.
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Inserting the needle in
Burning moxa艾蒿roll on or over the
specific area of the body surface, such as
acupoints.
To regulating qi and blood of the internal
organs and meridians.
Up to now, the acupuncture and
moxibustion are accepted in many parts of
the world.
The meridian theory
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The distribution
The functions and
The pathologic changes of
The twelve regular meridians
The eight extrameridians.
The twelve regular meridians
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The lung meridian of Hand-taiyin
The large intestine meridian of Handyangming
The spleen meridian of Foot-taiyin
The heart
The liver
The kidney, the stomach, sanjiao,
pericardium, gallbladder, bladder
The running course
The eight extrameridians.
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The conception vessel (Ren Meridian)
The governor vessel Du Meridian
Chong Meridian
Dai Meridian
Yinwei Yangwei
Yinqiao yangqiao
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LU
LI
ST
SP
HT
SI
11
20
45
21
9
19
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BL
KI
PC
SJ
GB
LR
67
27
9
23
44
14
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RN 24
DU 28
The concept of Jing-luo
Meridian Jing
 Collateral 侧枝 Luo
The meridians are the main passages or trunks which
link up interior and exterior and upper and lower
parts of the body.
The collaterals are the smaller passages or lines
which are attached to the meridians and are
distributed on the surface of whole body.
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The main functions of the meridians and
collaterals have two parts:
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Transporting Qi and blood
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Linking together all the fundamental
substances, organs and tissues as a whole.
The composition of the meridiancollateral system
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Twelve regular meridians
Eight extra meridians
Fifteen collaterals
Twelve bypass collaterals
Twelve tendon collaterals
Twelve sin areas
Innumerable micro-collaterals
Superficial collaterals
Blood collaterals
The distribution of meridians
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Yin and yang
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Hand and foot
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Chest and abdomen; back
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Upper extremities and lower extremities
Internal-external interconnections
between twelve meridians and organs
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The lung meridian of Hand Taiyin
yangming
foot
yangming
taiyin
hand shaoyin
taiyang
foot taiyang
shaoyin
hand jueyin
shaoyang
foot shaoyang
jueyin
The running course of the meridians
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The meridian originates from middle
energize r(zhong jiao), running downward
to connect with the large intestine. Winding
back, it goes along the upper orifice of the
stomach, passes through the diaphragm, and
enters the lung, its pertaining organ.
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From the portion of the lung,
communicating with the throat, it comes out
transversely (Zhongfu, LU1),descending
along the medial aspect of the upper arm, it
passes in front of the Heart meridian and
pericardium meridian and reaches the
cubital fossa肘窝.
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Then it goes along the medial aspect of the
forearm and its radial border桡侧, ending at
medial side of the tip of the thumb (Shaoshang,
LU11).
The branch proximal接近 to the wrist emerges分
出 from (Lieque, LU7) and runs directly to the
radial side of the tip of the index finger
(Shangyang LI1) where it links with the large
intestine meridian of hand-yangming.