Chinese meridian refers to
Jingluo system which is our body’s energy pathway system.
In Chinese meridian system, there
are Jings and Luos. Jings means meridians or main pathways. They run
longitudinally along the body. Each one belongs to one of the organs and each
one reflects a nature or aspect that is either Yin or Yang. Yin is moon and
means darkness, coolness, moistness, and peacefulness. Yang is sun and means
brightness, dryness, warmness, and liveliness. Yang is sky, and Yin is earth;
Yang grows everything, Yin shapes everything. The balance of Yin and Yang is
crucial. Too much or too little of either will cause diseases. Luos mean
network, they are the branches and sub-branches of the energy pathways. They
spread all over the body, so energy can be transported everywhere.
Unlike blood vessels,
Jingluos are invisible. There are no physical conduits or channels through
which the flows run, but they do exist, just like the magnetic field of the
earth which is invisible. The magnetic lines of force can not be seen by human
eyes, but they stretch from the north to the south magnetic poles of the earth.
Any pair of magnets will produce a magnet field with the magnetic lines of
force curving from one to the other. If you cut through these lines with a
conductor, electricity will be generated. For more of information about this
process, you have to study physics or electricity. Western medical people have
tried to find Jingluos though autopsies, but this approach seems to be
misleading. Since a dead body does not have any energy flow, how can you find
Jingluos? just like an out-of-magnet field, you will not find the magnetic
lines of force in it.
Chinese meridian system has
played a very important role in Chinese Traditional Medicine. Understanding
Chinese meridian is the first step to approach this powerful and brilliant
healing world.
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