Path of the Triple Warmer meridian
The Triple Warmer meridian, Shaoyang of hand, begins at the internal nail angle of 4 (the ring finger), at the point Guanchong.
It will go up along the inner edge of the 4 on the back of the hand between the metacarpals M4 and M5.
Then middle of the wrist crease, then middle of the outer face of the forearm, it crosses the olecranon (the protrusion of the elbow).
Then it goes up the middle of the outer side of the arm, arrives at the shoulder and passes under the posterior angle of the acromion.
It dates back to Dazhui (C7-D1, the large vertebra, shoulder plate), passes through Quepen and enters the internal to bind to the Triple Heater and couple to the Pericardium.
We have a branch which leaves the main path at neck level, goes up along the neck, passes behind the earlobe, goes around the ear, arrives in front of the tragus of the ear and then ends at the outer end of eyebrow at point Sizhukong.
It is from this point that the meridian will join the Gallbladder meridian which is just below.
Acupuncture points of the Triple Warmer meridian
Description of the Triple Warmer meridian
The triple heater has no physical form, yet it includes the entire region from the thorax to the abdomen.
It's the official responsible for dikes and canals.
It is the largest of the viscera.
It has no particular relationship with any organ: it is the solitary dwelling.
It has 2 main functions:
- It allows the circulation of Yang Qi ;
- This is the path of water circulation.
His characteristics :
- The upper focus (the lung and heart) is like a fog ➔ reception of food;
- The middle focus (the spleen) is like a swamp ➔ processing of food, transport of nutrients, production of Qi and blood;
- The lower focus (the kidney and the liver) is like a sewer ➔ evacuated by urine and stools.
➔ Synthesis of the functions of other organs and viscera, it is a passageway.
➔ The water route, even if it passes through the lung, spleen and kidney because it must pass downwards before being evacuated.