Course of the Channels and Point Qualifications


Conception Vessel (Ren Mai)

Course:
The Conception Vessel begins in the lower abdomen or the uterus in women. The channel passes through the urogenituary organs and the surface pathway starts at the perineum at CV 01. The channel ascends the midline of the abdomen, across the chest through the neck, up to the metolabial groove on the chin. From there the channel splits and encircles the mouth and ascends to terminate at ST 01 below the eye socket.



Point Qualifications:

CV 03

Zhongji

Front-Mu Alarm Point of the Bladder; Crossing Point with the Liver, Spleen and Kidney Channel

CV 04

Guanyuan

Front-Mu Alarm Point of the Small Intestines; Crossing Point with the Liver, Spleen and Kidney Channel; Crossing Point with Chong Mai

CV 05

Shimen

Front-Mu Alarm Point of the Triple Burner

CV 06

Qihai

CV 12

Zhongwan

Front-Mu Alarm Point of the Stomach; Front-Mu Alarm Point of the Middle Burner; Gathering Point of the Yang organs; Crossing Point with the Small Intestine, Stomach and Triple Burner Channel

CV 14

Juque

Front-Mu Alarm Point of the Heart

CV 15

Jiuwei

Yuan-Source Point of the five Yin organs

CV 17

Tanzhong

Front-Mu Alarm Point of the Pericardium; Front-Mu Alarm Point of the Upper Burner; Meeting Point of the Qi; Concentration Point of all Luo-Connecting Points; Crossing Point with Small Intestine, Spleen, Kidney and Triple Burner Channel

LU 07

Lieque

Confluent Point of the Ren Mai

KI 06

Zhaohai

Coupling Point of the Ren Mai