meridians

This post is a collection of links about the concept of nonphysical pathways on/in the human body, mapped in East Asia thousands of years ago, I understand, through which the life-energy known as qi flows, and which are connected to health and wellbeing by the wellbeing and balance of those flows - with techniques having been developed to promote good health and wellbeing via the energy flows along those pathways, which have a loop inside the body that passes through the organ/unit (some have no physical organ) the meridian is named after/associated with: 

• https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Meridian_(Chinese_medicine)&oldid=1244793696   

• https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_acupuncture_points&oldid=1251124233   

• https://www.britannica.com/science/acupressure   

• https://www.britannica.com/science/acupuncture   

• https://acupuncturetoday.com/article/33259-what-are-the-meridians   

• https://www.sitcm.edu.au/blog/understanding-meridians-and-how-theyre-used-in-traditional-chinese-medicine/   

• https://guidedbyelements.com/about-the-five-elements/symbolism-characteristics-and-associations/what-are-the-5-elements-meridians/   

• https://www.traditionalbodywork.com/tcm-meridians-qi-life-energy-channels/   

• https://www.aiam.edu/acupuncture/acupuncture-meridians/   

• https://acupuncturetherapeutics.com/the-12-meridians-of-the-body-explained/   

• https://www.natural-health-zone.com/body-meridians.html   

• https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2095496421001060   

• https://www.researchgate.net/publication/7859592_Electrical_impedance_along_connective_tissue_planes_associated_with_acupuncture_meridians   

I may add more links over time. 

I learned about these through my studies of shiatsu (also referred to as acupressure) and Touch  for  Health (this was particularly useful on the elemental associations) , although I only learned about two (central and governing) of the eight extraordinary meridians (which may also have energy storage functions), in the 1980s.

 

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