Hand Tai Yang - SMALL INTESTINE (SI) Meridian

GENERAL INFORMATION CONCERNING SMALL INTESTINE ENERGY:

RONG QI CIRCULATION:  13:00-03:00 hr.

ORGAN CHARACTERISTICS:

GENERAL/ELEMENTAL QUALITIES:

SYMPTOMS/SIGNS OF EXCESS:

SYMPTOMS/SIGNS OF DEFICIENCY:

SYNDROMES: Symptoms along the channel, and outer thorax area, swellings of the neck and cheek. Clears heat and dampness. Manic qualities treated with points SI-3, SI-5, SI- 7 SI-8.

MERIDIAN ANATOMY OF SMALL INTESTINE:

GREATER VESSEL:  From the ulnar side of the tip of the fifth finger, it runs along the ulnar side of the hand and arm to the ulnar groove, where it continues via LI-14 to the posterior scapular and supra spinal areas before ascending along the anterior aspect of the SCM and ending just in front of the ear. It connects with GV-14 and sends a branch via ST-12 down along the esophagus and stomach to the small intestine.

TENDINO MUSCULAR MERIDIAN: SI-1 TO GB-13

DIVERGENT CHANNEL (DISTINCT MERIDIAN): SI-10, HT-1 TO ST-1 (BL-1)

LONGITUDINAL LUO CHANNEL: SI-7

TRANSVERSE LUO CHANNEL:  SI-6 to HT-7

POINTS FOR SMALL INTESTINE ENERGY:

SMALL INTESTINE METAL, TING, WELL:  SI-1

SMALL INTESTINE WATER, YING, IONG,SPRING:  SI-2

SMALL INTESTINE WOOD, SHU, STREAM:  SI-3

SMALL INTESTINE FIRE, JING, HORARY, PHASE, RIVER:  SI-5

SMALL INTESTINE EARTH, HE, HO, SEA : SI-8

SMALL INTESTINE TONIFICATION: SI-3

SMALL INTESTINE SEDATION: SI-8

SMALL INTESTINE YUAN, IUNN, SOURCE: SI-4 (HT-5)

SMALL INTESTINE LUO:  SI-7 (LU-9)

SMALL INTESTINE BACK SHU ,IU, ASSOCIATED, TRANSPORTING:  BL-27

SMALL INTESTINE FRONT MU, MO, ALARM, COLLECTING: CV-4

SMALL INTESTINE XI, TSRI, HUNG, CLEFT:  SI-6

CURIOUS MERIDIAN ASSOICIATIONS: GV-14, SI-3 (GV, YangHV), CV-12, CV-13, CV-17