What are Meridians
Published Date: 6/19/2021 2:13:42 AM
- According to Chinese Medicine, meridians are the pathways through which Qi or energy flows, just like the arteries carry blood.
- They run vertically through the body.
- The meridian system brings vitality and balance, removes blockages, adjusts metabolism, and much more.
- Meridians affect every organ and every physiological system, including the immune, nervous, endocrine, circulatory, respiratory, digestive, skeletal, muscular, and lymphatic systems.
- Each system is fed by at least one meridian.
- Each meridian goes through at least 2 organs and is thus named according to that organ. For example, the Liver Meridian, the Gall Bladder Meridian, etc.
- If a meridian's energy is obstructed or unregulated, the system it feeds is jeopardized.
- There are 12 main Meridians that carry energy into your body, circulating it throughout the body.
- The meridian pathways connect hundreds of tiny points of heat and electromagnetic energy along the surface of the skin.
- These are the acupuncture points.
- These can be stimulated with needles or physical pressure to release or redistribute energy along the meridian pathway.
- Each of the twelve standard meridians is either connected to a hand or a foot.
- Three meridians originate in either one of their associated organs and end in the hand.
- Three other meridians originate in the hand, go through their two organs, and end in the head.
- The rest of the six meridians originate in the foot or end in the foot.