Meridians

The Yin meridians flow from the bottom up, while the Yang meridians flow from the top down.

The meridians govern the major functions of the human body.

The Yin and Yang meridians are regulatory meridians.

Yin Meridians:

• The lungs. This is the highest organ, anatomically. In traditional Chinese medicine, we speak of the lungs, a unique organ that includes all the upper respiratory tract. It provides protection for the body like a shield. As such, it is sensitive, open to all external pathogens, and therefore affected by all common infectious diseases.

A malfunction causes pathological symptoms (oppression, asthma, white skin, sore throat, cough, respiratory system infection), as well as psychological symptoms (sadness, vulnerability, lack of self-defense)

• The spleen/pancreas. Their main role is to assist the stomach's digestive function by transporting and transforming the Essences of food, extracting nutrients from food, and separating what is usable in food from what is not.

A malfunction causes pathological symptoms (gastric pain, yellow tongue, general weakness, feeling of heaviness), as well as psychological symptoms (anxiety, anguish, brooding, melancholy, obsessions with the past, respect for rules, fear of lack, fear of not being good enough).

• The heart. The energy of the heart ensures the harmony of the soul and emotions as well as that of the different meridians, it is related to intellectual activity. It gives us inner peace and clarity of mind.

A malfunction causes pathological symptoms (lumbago, vomiting, urinary retention, dry throat, heartache, thirst, etc.), as well as psychological symptoms (grief, weariness, depression, stress, lack of self-confidence).

• The kidney. The kidney is often said to be the 'Root of Life' because it stores the Essence that is partially inherited from the parents at birth and determined from conception.

A malfunction causes pathological symptoms (dark urine, night sweats, tinnitus, swollen ankles, chilliness), as well as psychological symptoms (fear and anxiety).

• The master of the heart. It is a virtual organ that is associated with the heart, whose correspondences it takes. It controls the heart's automatism and regulates blood circulation in the heart and blood vessels.

A malfunction causes pathological symptoms (stiff neck, anxiety, melancholy, blurred vision, hot palms and hands, red complexion, palpitations, continual laughter, swollen armpit glands), as well as psychological symptoms (agitation, lack of sociability, manias, sexual perversion, aversion, anxiety, high or low blood pressure).

• The liver. It involves the management of blood flow and the free circulation of Energy. Responsible for the psychic Soul, it is therefore related to strength of character and the capacity for vision and affirmation of desires and projects.

Poor functioning leads to pathological symptoms (lumbago, vomiting, bedwetting, and urinary retention), as well as psychological symptoms (hard worker, easily affected, emotionally irritable, nervous).

Yang Meridians:

• The large intestine. The main function of the large intestine is to receive food and drink from the small intestine. After reabsorbing some of the fluid, it excretes stool.

Poor functioning leads to pathological symptoms (abdominal pain, diarrhea, dysentery, sore throat, toothache, profuse nasal discharge), as well as psychological symptoms (depression, obsession and mental confusion, refusal to change, fear of missing out, fear of making a mistake, difficulty letting go).

• The stomach. It transforms and stores food, ensures its assimilation, plays a role in combating psycho-affective aggression, digesting stress and events.

A malfunction causes pathological symptoms (edema, gastralgia, sore throat, fever, tremors, noisy stomach), as well as psychological symptoms (depression, suicidal thoughts, anxiety, mental saturation, hysteria, emotionality, slowness in assimilating ideas).

• The small intestine. It controls the reception and transformation of elements from those that are 'impure' directed to the large intestine and the bladder, to those that are 'pure' directed towards the spleen and pancreas.

A malfunction causes pathological symptoms (sore throat, shoulder and shoulder blade pain, stiff neck, swollen cheeks, etc.), as well as psychological symptoms (poor mental assimilation, disjointed ideas, confusion, etc.).

• The bladder. It stores and excretes urine, but also participates in the process of transforming liquids, a process necessary for urine production.

A malfunction causes pathological symptoms (urinary retention, bedwetting, headache, sore eyes, pain along the meridian path), as well as psychological symptoms (manias, jealousies, suspicions, obsession, agitation, frayed nerves).

• The triple heater. It supports the small intestine meridian and balances the energy given by the Heart Master. It acts on capillary circulation and protects the body through the lymphatic system.

A malfunction causes pathological symptoms (elbow paralysis, ringing in the ears, pain in the outer corner of the ear, shoulder pain), as well as psychological symptoms (fear of making decisions, instability, nervousness).

• The gallbladder. If the liver is responsible for creation, the gallbladder is responsible for the secretion of bile produced by the liver.

A malfunction causes pathological symptoms (temporal headaches, dizziness, vision problems, deafness, etc.), as well as psychological symptoms (hyperactivity, shyness, bitterness, aggression, resentment, worries, etc.).