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The fourteen channels
Twelve paired channels and two midline vessels carry the 361 classical points. Pick a volume to see its line cut in red on the figure, where it starts and where it ends.
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- Volumes
- 14, one per channel
- Regular
- 十二經12, in six pairs
- Vessels
- 督 · 任Governing, Conception
- Leaves
- 361 points
a channelthe one you pickedfirst pointlast pointLines are drawn approximately.
How the channels pair
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- Twelve make six pairsEach yin channel, which runs on the inner side of a limb, has a yang partner on the outer side. Tradition calls them interior and exterior.
- Partners meet at the tipsHand partners hand over at the fingers, foot partners at the toes. Lung passes to Large Intestine at the index finger.
- Two vessels stand aloneThe Governing vessel climbs the back, the Conception vessel the front. Neither has a partner; they close the circuit.
Pairing diagram. On the hand: Lung with Large Intestine, Heart with Small Intestine, Pericardium with San Jiao. On the foot: Spleen with Stomach, Kidney with Bladder, Liver with Gallbladder. Each yin channel, drawn dark, is joined to its yang partner. The Governing and Conception vessels run the back and front midlines on their own.
手HandFingertips
足FootToes