ACUPUNCTURE CHANNEL PAIRINGS
The twelve acupuncture channels are organised to form six pairs of acupuncture channels. The pairing of the acupuncture channels are done in two important ways.
Firstly both hand and foot acupuncture channels have yin and yang pairings. This is representative of the external – internal relationship between the acupuncture channels. Each yin acupuncture channel located on the hand is paired with a hand yang acupuncture channel on the hand. Yin acupuncture channels on the foot are likewise paired with yang acupuncture channels on the foot. These pairings are representative of the anatomical relationships between the acupuncture channels as well as the physiological relationship between the respective zang and fu (organs).
Heart channel of hand shaoyin
Small intestine channel of hand taiyang
Urinary bladder channel of foot taiyang
Kidney channel of foot shaoyin
Pericardium channel of hand jueyin
San jiao channel of hand shaoyang
Gall bladder channel of foot shaoyang
Liver channel of foot jueyin, then back to the lung channel.
