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The Channels of Acupuncture
Tai
太
Great, greatest, supreme, the first, the
most ancient, respectable
Shao
少
Little, small, lesser, young, insufficient,
the second …
Jue
厥
Fallen, diminished, exhausted, used up,
terminal …
Ming
明
Brightness, daylight, manifested, clarity,
lucidity, vision, next …
This defines six vibratory axes: three intensities of Yin
and three intensities of Yang, referred to as the Six
“Grand Meridians/Channels”:
Taiyang
Shaoyang
Yangming
Taiyin
Shaoyin
Jueyin
It is fundamental to underline the importance of the
notion of the six axis, as all phenomena betweenHeav-
en and Earth, will naturally resonate with one of them,
this of course includes all physiological functions.
Each axis has two poles: Heaven/Yang and Earth/Yin.
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The Yang part of each axis is related to the upper
limbs
Shou
手
hand.
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·
The Yin part joins the lower limbs
Zu
足
foot.
Shaoyin
Jueyin
Taiyin
Yangming
Shaoyang
Taiyang
Fig. 4
The six surface territories of the body are the projections of the six “Grand channels”; the corresponding skin
zones
Pi Bu
are controlled by the 12 Sinew channels
Fig. 5
Yang accumulates above and flows downwards
Yin accumulates below and flows upwards
Heaven
Earth
