Course of the Channels and Point Qualifications


Pericardium Channel (Hand-Jueyin)

Course:
The Pericardium Channel starts internally in the chest and emerges at the pericardium. An internal branch from the pericardium connects with the Upper, Middle, and Lower Burner, it passes to CV 17, through the diaphragm to CV 12, to terminate in the Lower Burner at CV 07.

The Pericardium Channel starts its external Channel emerging at PC 01, located 1 cun lateral to the nipple.

From PC 01, the Pericardium Channel descends along the pectoralis major muscle to the medial aspect of the upper arm. Between the heads of the biceps brachii muscle, it descends to the traverse cubital crease. From the cubital crease it passes through the medial aspect of the forearm between the muscles flexor carpi radialis and palmaris longus to the middle of the traverse carpal crease, the wrist. It proceeds over the palm of the hand between the third and fourth metacarpal bone and along the middle finger. The Pericardium Channel terminates at the tip of the middle finger at PC 09.

Point Qualifications:

PC 03

Quze

He-Sea Point, Water Point

PC 04

Ximen

Xi-Cleft Point

PC 05

Jianshi

Jing-River Point, Metal Point

PC 06

Neiguan

Confluent Point of the Yin Wei Mai; Luo-Connecting Point

PC 07

Daling

Shu-Stream Point, Earth Point; Yuan-Source Point

PC 08

Laogong

Ying-Spring Point, Fire Point

PC 09

Zhongchong

Jing-Well Point, Wood Point



BL 14

Jueyinshu

Back-Shu Point of the Pericardium

CV 17

Tanzhong

Front-Mu Alarm Point of the Pericardium