Coupled meridians and organ systems

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The 5 elements in TCM are symbolic of types of energy. You have a pretty good

understanding of the symbolism of the Wood element thanks to Dagmar's Letters

From China. Next she will be going into Fire in detail.

 

The 5 elements are Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water.

 

Each of these elements are associated with a Yang meridian/ organ system and a

Yin meridian/ organ system. Members of the same element are called coupled

meridians or systems.

 

The two Wood meridians/organs are the Liver and the Gallbladder. The Liver is

Yin, and the Gallbladder is Yang.

 

The Earth Yin meridian/organ is the Spleen, and the Earth Yang meridian/ organ

is the Stomach.

 

The Metal Yin meridian/ organ is the Lung, and the Metal Yang meridian/ organ is

the Large Intestine.

 

The Water Yin meridian/ organ is the Kidney, and the Water Yang meridian/ organ

is the Bladder.

 

This is why in my previous post I listed pairs of meridians/organs. The Liver &

Gallbladder, the Heart & Small Intestine, etc.

 

The Fire element has 4 meridians/ organs associated with it. These are the Yin

Heart & the Yang Small Intestine, and the Yang Triple Warmer and the Yin

Pericardium. (Don't worry about not knowing what the Triple Warmer and

Pericardium are at this point. There will be future posts on them.)

 

The fact that meridians occur in Yin-Yang pairs has some applications in

healing. For example, one method of relieving Excess heat in the Lung is to

purge the Large Intestine with laxative/ purging herbs. You shunt some of the

Excess in the Yin Metal Lung through the Yang Metal Large Intestine.

 

You also can do this in acupuncture and acupressure. There are special points

called Luo-connecting (also spelled Lo) points where the coupled meridians meet.

Thus, you can use Spleen 4 (Sp4) to treat problems in both the Yin Earth Spleen

and the Yang Earth Stomach. Lung 7 (Lu7) can be used to treat imbalances in both

the Yin Metal Lung and the Yang Metal Large Intestine.

 

Don't worry about memorizing all this at this point. The main points are there

are coupled meridians/ organ systems, and you can use this in healing by

transferring energy from one of the coupled pair to the other.

 

Victoria

 

 

 

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