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> Can someone explain the difference between the primary organ

meridians and

> the eight extraordinary meridians?

 

This is just the basic information. Hopefully some of the list

members who work with the 8 Extraordinary Meridians can add more

detailed information.

 

The 12 primary Organ meridians are Liver, Gall Bladder, Heart, Small

Intestine, Pericardium, Triple Burner, Spleen, Stomach, Lungs, Large

Intestine, Kidneys, and Bladder. Most acupuncture and acupressure

treatment is done using these.

 

Of the 8 Extraordinary Meridians, the two best known ones are the

Directing Vessel, aka Conception Vessel, aka Ren, and the Governing

Vessel, aka Du. Ren is the Yin meridian running up the midpoint of

the front of the body. The Du is the Yang meridian that runs up the

middle of the back of the body, into the brain, up to the top of the

head, and down the front of the face to the upper lip. Points on the

Ren and Du get used a lot in acupressure and acupuncture.

 

The other 6 of the 8 EMs don't have any points specific to them.

They flow through points on various Organ meridians. The EMs flow

through areas that the 12 Organ meridians don't.

 

The EMs also provide a type of overflow and lock and damn system.

Say for example that one of the main meridians has become blocked

and there is too much Qi built up and not moving. Some of that

Excess can be shunted off to one of the EMs. Likewise, if there is

Deficiency, Qi can be brought in from one of the EM to a main

meridian. The EMs serve to equalize Qi flow.

 

A note to those new to TCM: Common English words and names of TCM

Organs often are capitalized because they have special meaning in

TCM. The TCM Organ the Kidneys is not equivalent to the anatomical

kidneys. If the name of an Organ is capitalized, it's the TCM

concept of the Organ. If the name of the organ is not capitalized,

it's the anatomical organ which is being discussed.

 

Victoria

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Meridians:

 

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Sun, 04 Jul 2004 18:13:22 -0000

" victoria_dragon " <victoria_dragon

Re: eight extraordinary meridians

 

> Can someone explain the difference between the primary organ

meridians and

> the eight extraordinary meridians?

 

 

 

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