In China's first medical masterpiece Huangdi Neijing, the important concept of "meridian" runs through the book. "Meridian" refers to the route that runs through the whole body on the human body, which is called meridian; "collateral" is a small branch of these main roads, and there are even smaller branches on the small branches. "Meridian" and "collateral" constitute a large network of human meridians. The function of this huge meridian network is to provide a channel for the operation of human qi and blood. Meridians connect the internal organs and external limbs, and connect the whole body, so that the human body forms an organic and inseparable whole. < < Huangdi Neijing > says, "Meridian is the cause of birth, disease, cure and disease." And it has the characteristics of "deciding life and death, coping with all diseases, adjusting the actual situation, and not doing it".
Function of Meridian Meridian can not only connect the internal and external tissues of human body, run qi and blood and nourish the body, but also check meridians, diagnose diseases and treat diseases.
1. Contact the zang-fu organs and communicate with the inside and outside.
The Huangdi Neijing Lingshu said that "the twelve meridians's husband belongs to the internal organs and the external collaterals belong to various branches". In other words, the internal organs, limbs, bones and muscles of the human body rely on the communication of the meridian system to maintain relative coordination and unity and complete normal human physiological activities.
2. Reflect symptoms, diagnose and treat diseases.
Meridian is connected with viscera, so when viscera is sick, various symptoms will appear in the corresponding meridian circulation parts. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) usually uses pulse diagnosis to check meridians when diagnosing diseases. According to the pulse condition, we can know the rise and fall of qi and blood, the deficiency and excess of cold and heat of the disease, and judge the priority of the disease.
3. Run qi and blood to nourish the body
Meridian is the channel through which qi and blood flow. Therefore, meridians can transport nutrients to various tissues and organs of the whole body like conveyor belts, nourish viscera and enrich skin, muscles and bones.
The main members of the meridian system
The meridian system is usually composed of meridians, collaterals, the twelve meridians and twelve skins. Meridians include the twelve meridians, the twelve meridians and Qijing. Collaterals include fifteen other meridians, sun collaterals and floating collaterals, among which the most important meridians are the twelve meridians and Baqi meridians.
The twelve meridians is the main body of the meridian system. The twelve meridians belongs to the viscera in the body, distributed in the body joints outside the body, connecting the upper, lower, inner and outer parts of the human body, forming an organic whole.
The twelve meridians includes lung meridian of hand Taiyin, pericardium meridian of hand Jueyin, heart meridian of hand Shaoyin, large intestine meridian of hand Yangming, triple energizer meridian of hand Shaoyang, small intestine meridian of hand Taiyang, stomach meridian of foot Yangming, gallbladder meridian of foot Shaoyang, bladder meridian of foot Taiyin, spleen meridian of foot Taiyin, liver meridian of foot Jueyin and kidney meridian of foot Shaoyin.
The twelve meridians is the channel of qi and blood circulation, so its circulation has certain regularity and direction, which is called "reverse pulse" or "flow injection". The flow direction of the twelve meridians is from lung meridian, large intestine meridian, stomach meridian, spleen meridian, small intestine meridian, bladder meridian, kidney meridian, pericardium meridian, triple energizer meridian, gallbladder meridian, liver meridian, and finally back to lung meridian. Go round and round, drifting endlessly.
Different from the twelve meridians, they are not directly connected with zang-fu organs, and there is no exterior-interior coordination, just like the path along the road, so they are called "strange classics".
Eight strange meridians include Ren, Du, Chong, Dai, Yinqiao, Yangqiao, Yin Wei and impotence. They are staggered between the twelve meridians.
Eight strange meridians are another important meridian besides the twelve meridians. They communicate with the twelve meridians and connect meridians with similar positions and functions, thus controlling the qi and blood of related meridians and coordinating Yin and Yang. Besides, the odd meridians and eight veins can also regulate the twelve meridians's qi and blood. When the twelve meridians and zang-fu organs are full of qi and blood, the strange meridians and eight veins are accumulated; When human functional activities need it, the odd meridians and eight veins can provide sufficient qi and blood.
The Twelve Classics each branch from the twelve meridians and are called "Twelve Classics". Saying goodbye means not doing anything serious.
The twelve meridians's function is mainly to coordinate the relationship between two human meridians, between meridians and viscera, and between organs and tissues.
The twelve meridians's circulation is from the limbs of the body to the deep parts of the body cavity and viscera, and then from the body surface to the head surface. The meridians of the Yin channel merge into the meridians of the Yang channel, and then flow into the Liuyang channel respectively. Each pair of meridians in the exterior and interior forms a "combination", and the twelve meridians * * * forms a "Liuhe". They are meridian differentiation of foot sun and foot shaoyin, foot shaoyang and foot jueyin, foot Yangming and foot sun, hand sun and hand shaoyin, hand Yangming and hand Taiyin.
Fifteen-branch collaterals are called "fifteen-branch collaterals", which branch from the twelve meridians, Renmai and Dumai respectively, and add spleen collaterals.
The twelve meridians of limbs communicates qi of exterior and interior meridians, and strengthens the connection between exterior and interior meridians. The meridians of trunk, du meridian and spleen communicate with the meridians of abdomen and whole body respectively.