Triple Burner meridian pathway
The Triple Burner meridian, hand Shaoyang, begins at the inner nail corner of the 4th finger (the ring finger), at the point Guanchong.
It rises along the inner edge of the 4th finger, on the back of the hand, between metacarpals M4 and M5.
Then it passes through the middle of the wrist crease and the middle of the outer side of the forearm, and crosses the olecranon (the point of the elbow).
It then rises along the middle of the outer side of the arm, reaches the shoulder and passes below the posterior angle of the acromion.
It rises to Dazhui (C7-T1, the large vertebra, shoulder plateau), passes through Quepen and enters internally to connect with the Triple Burner and couple with the Pericardium.
A branch leaves the main pathway at the level of the neck, rises along the neck, passes behind the earlobe, goes around the ear, arrives in front of the tragus and then ends at the outer end of the eyebrow, at the point Sizhukong.
It is from this point that the meridian joins the Gallbladder meridian , which lies just below.
Triple Burner meridian acupuncture points
The Triple Burner meridian has 23 acupuncture points; here are the main ones
Triple Burner meridian description
The Triple Burner has no physical form, yet it encompasses the whole region from the chest to the abdomen.
It is the official in charge of dikes and canals.
It is the largest of the viscera.
It has no particular relationship with any organ: it is the solitary residence.
It has 2 main functions:
- It allows the circulation of Yang Qi ;
- It is the pathway for the circulation of Water.
Its characteristics:
- The Upper Burner (the Lung and the Heart) is like a mist ➔ reception of food;
- The Middle Burner (the Spleen and the Stomach) is like a marsh ➔ transformation of food, transport of nutrients, production of Qi and Blood;
- The Lower Burner (the Kidney and the Liver) is like a drain ➔ evacuation through urine and stools.
➔ Synthesis of the functions of the other organs and viscera; it is a passageway.
➔ The pathway of Water, even though it passes through the Lung, the Spleen and the Kidney, because it must pass through the lower part before being evacuated.