meridian is of great significance for us to maintain physical and mental health and reduce diseases.
Then in the process of learning and using the meridians, we often encounter two problems: one is that the meridians are invisible to the naked eye and , so it is difficult to find them on the human body; the other is that the meridian system is more complex than , There are many meridians, causing some difficulty in memory.
National standard meridian wall chart
In fact, these two so-called difficulties can be overcome by appropriate methods. The
meridian system is relatively complex, but when we simply classify them and know which ones are commonly used, we focus on learning and mastering , then it is not complicated. As shown in the figure below:
meridian system diagram
From the above "meridian system diagram", it can be seen that the human body's meridian system mainly includes two parts, namely meridian and collateral , just like a road It can be divided into main roads and small roads.
meridian can be divided into twelve serious meridians and odd meridian eight meridians . The key to understanding the concepts of the twelve main meridians and the eight extraordinary meridians is to understand the words "zheng" and "extraordinary". "Positive" here means regular , and "odd" means irregular here; the so-called odd line is different. That is to say, the Twelve Serious Meridians have twelve meridians in the human body, and they follow very regularly. They are the main channels for contacting the zang-fu organs and running the qi and blood. The eight meridians, which are "unrestricted" in their circulation, are auxiliary channels for running qi and blood, and can play the role of commanding and regulating the twelve serious meridians.
In the twelve main meridians, each meridian is connected with a viscera or a fu-organ, and the human body is a complex organic whole, and its leading core is viscera (ie viscera ). According to the basic principle of "the main meridian treats the underlying disease", in order to regulate and protect the internal organs, of course, the twelve serious meridians must be used. Therefore, the twelve positive managers are of course the meridians that we should learn and master. The and of the eight extraordinary meridians are considered by Chinese medicine to be the commander of all yang meridians in the human body, and the Ren channel is considered to be the commander of all the yin meridians of the human body, so they should also be mastered. In this way, the meridians commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine health preservation are fourteen meridians (twelve serious meridians plus Ren, Du two meridians).
Table of the Fourteen Meridians
More specifically, in TCM health preservation, focus on mastering the position, direction and function of each meridian of these 14 meridians , as well as some commonly used health-care acupoints on each meridian. In this way, when we study meridian health preservation, we will not be easily confused, and we will not feel complicated. In some future articles of
, I will follow this line of thinking and talk about the fourteen meridians and the acupoints on them one by one.
