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How many acupuncture points the meridian has?

The meridian of the Pericardium consists of nine acupuncture points.

What is his external route?

This meridian starts near the nipple and head towards the upper limb. In the upper limb runs along the front edge of the arm, forearm and hand finishing at the tip of middle finger.

What’s is his interior-exterior related meridian?

The coupled/interior-exterior related meridian is the meridian of the Triple Burner (San Jiao).
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How many points the meridian has?

The Liver meridian has 14 acupuncture points.

What is his route?

The Liver meridian begins in the lateral angle of the foot big toe finger nail follows along its dorsal surface between the 1st and 2nd metatarsal.

In the leg continues along its inner edge, near the inner edge of the tibia and runs along the inner edge of the thigh.
From the thigh goes to the abdomen and ends in the region of the hypochondrium, in the 6th intercostal space, directly below the nipple where we find his last acupuncture point LV14/qimen.
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How many points the meridian has?

The Spleen meridian is composed of 21 acupuncture points.

What is his external route?

The Spleen meridian starts at the internal nail angle of halux (foot big toe). Runs along the inner edge of the foot between its dorsal and plantar skin and along the inner edge of the leg between the tibia and the posterior edge of the Achilles tendon.

Traverses the Antero-internal face of the thigh along the border between vast internal muscle and adductor muscle and continues to the abdominal region.

Presents an ascending route over the abdomen and chest until the bottom edge of the clavicle where changes and goes down to the sixth intercostal space, directly below the armpit, where it finds its final point (SP21).
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How many acupuncture points does the Heart meridian have?

This meridian is composed of nine acupuncture points.

What is your route?

The heart meridian begins in the axillary fossa and descends along the inner edge of the arm and forearm until finishing at an angle of the nail on the ulnar face of the little finger.

With wich Meridian’s maintain more strong relations?

With the meridian of the Pericardium, because both belong to the Fire element and are in the same organ. The type of symptoms and diseases treated are both very similar.
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How many acupuncture points are in this meridian?

The Kidney meridian consists of 27 acupuncture points.

What is his external route?

The Kidney meridian begins on the sole of the foot and ascends to the interior face of the leg and thigh, following along the anterior trunk (abdomen and chest) near the sagittal midline (LMS) ending in the chest below the collarbone.

With wich meridians there is a larger connection?

There are some groups of meridians that maintain a close relationship: (1) Yin meridians of the leg (Spleen and Liver) because of its proximity and because of the anatomical functions of their organs, (2) with the Bladder meridian which is the acoplated meridian (the corresponding viscera) and (3), the Heart meridian since both form the same pair of meridians (Shao Yin).
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How many acupuncture points has this meridian?

The Triple Heater/San Jiao meridian has a total of 23 acupuncture points.

What is his external route?

It begins on the cubital face (internal) of the ring finger on his nail angle. Runs between the 4th and 5th metacarpal and along the posterior forearm, through the olecranon and then follow the edge of the postero-lateral arm to the shoulder.

In the shoulder their points are in his posterior border. It follows along the trapezius muscle through the posterior-lateral side of the neck, along the Gallbladder meridian.

At the head he surrounds the ear to finish on the external surface of the eye at the end of the eyebrow.
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How many acupuncture points has the Large Intestine meridian?

This meridian has a total of 20 acupuncture points.

What is his route?

This meridian starts at the radial aspect of index finger and runs along the antero-external edge of the forearm and arm. It then crosses the shoulder and neck until he reach the face.

In the face passes to the opposite side and ends at the nasolabial fold. It is the only meridian that switches sides on his way.

What are the most commonly used acupuncture points?

Among the most commonly used acupuncture points are: LI4/hegu, LI10/shousanli, LI11/guchi, LI15/jianyu, LI19/kouheliao and LI20/yingxiang.
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How many acupuncture points the meridian has?

The stomach meridian has 45 acupuncture points.

What is his route?

The meridian begins on the face beneath the eye. Follows a downward path until it divides into two branches. An ascending branch runs to the region where the frontal and temporal hair lines join.

A descending line runs along the neck, chest and abdomen. From the abdomen goes to thigh Antero-exterior border and anterior border of the leg finishing in 2nd toe.

What is his coplated meridian?

His coupled meridian is the meridian/channel Spleen.
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How many acupuncture points has the Gallbladder meridian?

The Gallbladder meridian is composed of 44 acupuncture points.

What is his pair of meridians and the meridian to which they relate on that pair?

Belongs to the meridian pair Shao Yang. The Triple Heater/Burner (SanJiao) meridian belongs to the same level. Triple Burner and gallbladder form the same pair of meridians known as Shao Yang.

What is gall bladder acoplated meridian?

Gall bledder coupled meridian is the meridian/channel of the liver.
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How many acupuncture points this meridian has?

The Lung meridian is composed of 11 acupuncture points.

What are the most used?

Among the most used acupuncture points are: LU1, 5LU, LU6, LU7, LU9, LU10 and LU11.

Does, this meridian, have acupuncture points to open wonderful meridians?

The point is LU7/lique IS opening point of the Ren Mai and as such it is coupled to wonderful meridian Yin Qiao Mai
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