hello and welcome back this is Jun hua from TCM explained before we start our in your series I just want to say thank you to those who have reached out all of your feedback suggestions and questions mean a lot I appreciate your interest in learning TCM and keeping up with our past videos from this point onwards we are on the new series of TCM Anatomy by Anatomy we mean the acupuncture channels and their related body tissues sense organs and the tongue full organs in this video we are going to introduce a system of channels and collaterals to set a foundation for what we are going to learn in this series acupuncture channel in Chinese is called Jing Wu Jing means channels these are the main branches of the channel system which generally run up and down through our body they are deeper in the body and they connect with our internal organs examples of the channels are the twelve primary channels the twelve diversion channels in the eight extraordinary channels law means collaterals collaterals are the finer branches of the channel system that are located more official in our body they interconnect the channels connective tissues and cutaneous regions examples of the collaterals of the 15 law connecting channels and the minor collaterals besides the channels and collaterals there are twelve senior channels and twelve cutaneous regions now let's talk about the functions of the channels the channels link every body part into an integrated whole each channel connects with its related tissues sense organs and internal organs not only that the channels themselves interconnect with each other forming a network of channels being an interconnecting network the channels act as a conduit for communication among body part they transport the vital substances such as Chia blood to every section of the body because of this function of channels we are able to use acupuncture needles to send G to the diseased area in efforts to bring back the balance the channels protect the body the channel networks have different layers titanius region is the most superficial and the deep pathways of the primary and divergent channels other deepest there is something called exterior pathogenic factors such as rain or cold they invade our body from the exterior once they penetrate our skin they will keep attacking deeper channels and even our internal organs so different layers of channels serve as a barrier to prevent the exterior pathogen effectors from penetrating deeper lastly the channels can respond to dysfunctions in the body when a certain channel is self has problems symptoms may appear along that channel when the related internal organ has problems symptoms may appear along that channel as well to show that there is something wrong inside also disease of one channel can be transmitted onto the other channels because the channels are interconnected to each other now moving on to the 12 primary channels half of them are the yin channels and the other half are the young channels let's take a look at them in a perspective of anatomical location tall primary channels all run up and down the body bilaterally and symmetrically sixteen channels traverse the in part of the body such as the abdomen chest and inside of the arm and leg here are the six in channels the lung pericardium and heart channels are the yin channels of the hand since they are all in channels they are located on the inside of the arms the long channel occupies the anterior aspect of the inside of the arm the pericardium channel occupies the middle aspect in the heart channel occupies the posterior aspect of the inside of the arm the spleen liver and kidneys channels are the yin channels of the foot since they are all in channels they are located on the inside of the legs the spleen channel occupies entered aspect of the inside of the leg the liver channel occupies the middle aspect and the kidneys channel occupies the posterior aspects of the inside of the leg on the other hand six young channels traversed a young part of the body such as the head back and outside of the arm and leg here are the six young channels the large intestine sandhya and small intestine channels are the young channels of the hand since they are all young channels they are located on the outside of the arms the large intestine channel occupies an interior aspect of the outside of the arms the Sanjay channel occupies the middle aspect the small intestine channel occupies the posterior aspect of the outside of the arms the stomach gallbladder and bladder channels are the young channels of the foot since they are all young channels they are located on the outside of the legs the stomach channel occupies the interior a speck of the outside of the legs the gallbladder Channel occupies the middle aspect the bladder channel occupies the posterior aspect of the outside of the legs the name of a primary channel tells us three things about that channel first it tells us which thong or for again the channel is associated with second it tells us whether the channel is on the hand or foot third it tells us about the union identity of the channel according to theory of six channels understanding the naming of the twelve primary channels can help us better understand the relationship between channels we already know about the yin-yang organ pairs which is also known as so internally externally related organ pairs for instance the lungs are the yin or interior organ called Zhong organ which is paired with a large intestine the young or extra organ called full organ the talked primary channels follow the same pairing so the lung channel and the large intestine channel are paired together because they are in the yin-yang relationship rest of the five pairs of channels follow this pairing besides the interior exterior parry there is the six channels pairing the six channels are Talon shall ye jin jin jung min Tae Yong and Xiang yang among the three game channels kyon is the most again and Jillian is the least Yin on the other hand Yong Ming is the most young and chou-heung is the least young channel that is the most young will balance the channel that is the most in so Thailand channel pairs with a young man channel the rest is the same Shao Yin Channel parents with a young channel in Jane Channel parents with Xiao Tian Qi know also even though they are called six channels they are actually twelve channels in total because it's six channels as a hand and foot channels since the hand and foot channels are considered as one channel we call them six channels for instance tie-in channel has two parts the long channel of hand hygiene and the spleen channel of foot hanging although the long channel of hand hygiene is on the arm and the spleen channel of fatah gene is on the leg they both traverse the anterior aspect of the inside of the extremities and the rest of the channels follow the same as you can see the 12 primary channels are distributed throughout the body in a certain pattern now let's look at how they are connected to each other to form a complete circuit around the body the lone pair cardio and heart channels are the three in channels of hands and they start from the chest go along the inner and spec of the arms and end at the hands the large intestine sun-ja and small intestine channels are the three young channels of hands and they start from the hands go along the outer aspect of the arms and end at the head the stomach gallbladder and bladder channels are the three young channels of the foot and they start from the head go along the outer aspect of the legs and end at the feet the spleen liver and kidneys channels or the three Ian's channels of the foot and they start from the feet go along the inner aspect of the legs and end at the chest here is a complete diagram that shows the cheese circulation in the 12 primary channels that was a lot of information so let's look at this diagram and review what we learned just now there are 12 primary channels although Yin channels are in the left column and all the young channels are in the right column channels on either side are yin-yang pairs also sixteen channels can be understood as hand and foot tiny channels hand and foot Shao Yin channels and hand and foot changing channels six young channels are the same hand and foot young-min channels and then foot ion channels and hand and foot chou-heung channels the flow of Chi in the twelve primary channels begins at the lung channel from the middle of the body chicos along the inner aspect of the arms to the hands then moves on to the large intestine channel from the heads along the outer aspect of the arms to the head then the stomach channel from the head along the outer aspect of the legs to the feet and then the spleen channel from the feet along the inner aspect of the legs returning to the body she has circulated once that a will move on to the heart channel to start the second circuit at the end of the third circuit around the body she in the liver channel we entered the lung channel to repeat the circulation process that sums up the 12 primary channels and let's move on to the twelve diversion channels each primary channel has its own divergent channel so there are 12 primary channels and 12 divergent channels the external pathways of the premier channels are official so we can stimulate with acupuncture needles on the other hand the divergent channels are deeper pathways for that reason there are no acupuncture points for the divergent Channel even though they don't have acupuncture points that are important because they not only strengthen the inyoung relationship between the internally externally repaired channels and seung-ho organs but also integrate the areas of body that are not traversed by the primary channels the divergent channel of the young primary channel separates from the primary Channel on the links enters both the primary channels young organ and the internally externally related Ian's orden comes out at the supraclavicular fossa neck or face and then rejoins the primary Channel the divergent channel of the Yin primary channel separates from the primary channel on the limbs enters the primary channels in organ connects with a diversion channel of the internally externally related young primary channel and then joins the young primary Channel next is the 15 low connecting channel the 15 low connecting channels are made of 13 locating channels of the 12 permit channels in the two low connecting channels of the conception and governing vessels there are 13 low connecting channels from the 12 primary channels because a spleen channel actually has two low connecting channels the conception and governing the sauce are two of the eight extraordinary vessels which we will learn more in the future the newer connecting channels come out from the main channels at the low connecting point and connects with internally externally pair channels and organs so the divergent channels and low connecting channels are similar in strengthening the relationship between the internally externally paired channels and tongue for organs but the low connecting channels are more special than the divergent channels and they have acupuncture points unlike the divergent channels these are overall trends of channel pathway keep in mind that not all divergent and local eating channels strictly follow these pathways and lastly the top senior channels and 12 continuous regions they follow the pathway of their associated primary channels and they are much broader and spoofy solved in the primary channels so there was the introduction 37 and to me and now we are ready to learn more in the next video we will start with the long channel of hand tying in