Depth of Channels

  1. 12 cutaneous region
    • wei level 
    • dont have direction of flow, just hovers
    • no points 
    • fx: hold in wei qi 
    • dx: yes - colour, dampness 
    • tx: yes
  2. 12 tendinomuscular/sinew regions
    • still wei level and no points
    • begin at the extremity and bind at trunk 
    • fx: circulate wei qi, articulate at joint
    • dx: yes
    • tx: yes
  3. 15/16 Luo Points
    • ying level, nutritive
    • connecting vessels 
    • blood vessels (branch off capillary system ish)
    • who gets one: 
    • 12 primary channels
    • ren
    • du
    • great luo spleen 
    • great luo stomach 

    • break off at luo but do not enter internal organs 
    • fx: keep pathogens out of primary channel 
    • dx: yes
    • tx: yes
  4. 12 primary channels
    yes
  5. 12 divergent
    • break off from primary channel 
    • proximal to the elbow/knee
    • enter zang/fu
    • epigenetic, ptsd
    • no points 
    • fx: hold experiences and trauma starting from first tramatic thing that happens, take wei qi and circulate it in internal organs at night while sleeping
  6. 8 extraordinary
    • yuan source level 
    • direction: run up the body except for the dai which wraps around the waist
    • ren and du have their own points
    • carry out stories of ancestors similar to DNA (affect the type of life you'll have, body characteristics, formed in utero)
Author
misol
ID
350528
Card Set
Depth of Channels
Description
PCOM channels
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