12 MAIN ACUPUNCTURE MERIDIANS PLUS REN & DU

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MERIDIAN

ACTIVE TIME

# OF POINTS

CHINESE NAME

LOCATION

ELEMENT

PAIRS WITH

LUNG

3am to 5 am

ARM TAI YIN

Begins upper chest just below the clavicle ends at the end of the thumb nail

METAL

LARGE INTESTINE CHANNEL (ARM YANG MING) (5 am to 7 am)

LARGE INTESTINE

5 am to 7 am

ARM YANG MING

Begins at the index fingernail and ends at the side of the nostril

METAL

LUNG CHANNEL (ARM TAI YIN) (3 am to 5 am)

STOMACH

7 am to 9 am

FOOT YANG MING

Begins at face under the eye down front side of body along center of foot ends outside of 2nd toe nail

EARTH

SPLEEN CHANNEL (FOOT TAI YIN) (9 am to 11 am)

SPLEEN

9 am to 11 am

FOOT TAI YIN

Begins at big toe onto calf & thigh to groin to abd to medial chest to axilla ends at chest 5th intercostal space

EARTH

STOMACH CHANNEL (FOOT YANG MING) (7 am - 9 am)

HEART

11 am to 1 pm

ARM SHAO YIN

Begins under arm pit to inner surface of arm ends at nail of 5th finger

FIRE

SMALL INTESTINE CHANNE: (FOOT SHAO TAI YANG) (1pm to 3pm)

SMALL INTESTINE

1 pm to 3 pm

ARM TAI YANG

Begins at little finger mail up side of hand to back of arm to shoulder above to neck to face ends front of ear

FIRE

HEART CHANNEL (ARM SHAO YIN) (11am to 1pm)

URINARY/BLADDER

3pm to 5pm

FOOT TAI YANG

Begins at inner corner of eye over head down neck and ends at the edge of pinky toe nail

WATER

KIDNEY CHANNEL (FOOT SHAO YIN) (5pm to 7pm)

KIDNEY

5pm to 7pm

FOOT SHAO YIN

Begins at bottom of foot ( only point on bottom of foot) inside ankle up calf and thigh up center of body to chest along sternum ending beneath the clavicle

WATER

URINARY BLADDER CHANNEL (FOOT TAI YANG) (3pm to 5pm)

PERICARDIUM

7pm tp 9pm

ARM JUE YIN

Begins lateral to the nipple goes onto arm down center of palm surface of arm and forearm onto the hand ends by the nail of the middle finger

FIRE

TRIPLE WARMER CHANNEL (ARM SHAO YANG) (9pm to 11pm)

TRIPLE WARMER

9pm to 11pm

ARM SHAO YANG

Begins by the nail of 4th finger up back of hand ends at the point just lateral to the eyebrow

FIRE

PERICARDIUM CHANNEL (ARM JUE YIN) (7pm to 9pm)

GALL BLADDER

11pm to 1am

FOOT SHAO YANG

Begins at outer corner of eye and ends at the 4th toe nail

WOOD

LIVER CHANNEL (FOOT JUE YIN) (1am to 3am)

LIVER

1am to 3 am

FOOT JUE YIN

Begins at edge of big toenail ends just under the rib cage at the tip of the 9th rib

WOOD

GALL BLADDER CHANNEL (FOOT SHAO YANG) (11am to 1pm)

REN (CONCEPTION VESSEL)

NONE

REN CHANNEL

Begins below the navel on the midline goes up chest and ends at the lower lip

NONE

DU CHANNEL (GOVERNING VESSEL)

DU (GOVERNING VESSEL)

NONE

DU CHANNEL

Begins at tailbone up the back over the head and ends at the upper lip

NONE

REN CHANNEL (CONCEPTION VESSEL)