Atlas of Acupuncture

4.10 The Triple Burner Channel System – Hand shaoyang(shou shao yang jing luo)

➡The other branchascends in front of the ear, binds (jie) at

the outer canthus of the eye, crosses the temple and termi-

nates at ➞G.B.-13(benshen) in the frontoparietal region.

There, it also meets the other hand Yang sinew channels.

Clinical importance

Pathology:Stiffness, swellings and distending sensations along the

course of the sinew channel. Curling or contraction of the tongue.

Indication:Predominantly for pain, stiffness, spasms, tension

and distending sensations along the course of the channel, includ-

ing the lateral aspects of the head and the body as well as the lat-

eral sections of the extremities. T.B. points can also be used for

muscle tension caused by emotional disorders. Owing to the con-

nection of the sinew channel with the tongue, some T.B. points

are also indicated for motor disorders of the tongue.

➡Horizontal divisions run to the Interiorly–Exteriorly paired

Pericardium primary channel; according to some schools of

thought (for example Ngyen Van Nghi ➞Appendix), they

travel as a transverseTriple Burner luo-connecting vessel to

the yuan-source point P-7(daling).

➡A longitudinal divisionfollows the posterior aspect of the

arm, crosses the posterior shoulder region, continues to the

front of the body and, according to some authors (for example,

Solinas et al 1998), reaches ➞ST-12(quepen) in the supra-

clavicular fossa, penetrates the thorax and reaches the Peri-

cardium primary channel, both dispersing in the Upper,

Middle and Lower Burners.

Clinical importance

Pathology

Excess (shi): Tension of the elbow joint

Deficiency (xu): Muscle weakness in the arm, difficulty flexing

the elbow

4.10.5 Cutaneous Region (shao

yang pi bu)

See description and figures ➞1.6.

4.10.6 Points of the Triple Burner

Primary Channel (Overview)

Specific points according to their function

● Yuan-source point(➞8.1.1): T.B.-4 (yangchi)

● Luo-connecting point (➞8.1.2.): T.B.-5 (waiguan) ■■

● Xi-cleft point (➞8.1.3): T.B.-7 (huizong)

● Associated Back-shupoint (➞8.1.4): BL-22 (sanjiaoshu)

● Associated Front-mupoint (➞8.1.5): Ren-5 (shimen)

● Five shu-transporting points (➞8.1.6):

jing-well point (Metal): T.B.-1(guanchong)

ying-spring point (Water): T.B.-2(yemen)

shu-stream point (Wood), tonification point: T.B.-3(zhongzhu)

jing-river point (Fire), ben point(Five Phases): T.B.-6(zhigou)

he-sea point (Earth), sedation point: T.B.-10(tianjing)

● Hui-meeting point (➞8.1.7): –

● Opening point (➞ 8.1.8) of the yin wei mai: T.B.-5

(waiguan) ■■

● Lower xiahe-sea points (➞8.1.9):–

● Jiaohui-meeting points (➞8.1.10):

• with the yang wei maiand the G.B. channel: T.B.-13*
  (naohui)


• with the yang wei maiand the G.B. channel: T.B.-15
  (tianliao) ■■


• with the G.B. channel: T.B.-17(yifeng) ■■


• with the S.I.* and G.B. channel: T.B.-20(jiaosun)


• with the S.I. and G.B. channels: T.B.-22(erheliao)

ST-12

T.B.-5

4.10.4 The Triple Burner luo-

Connecting Vessel System

(shou shao yang luo mai)

Pathway

The Triple Burner luo-connecting vessel system separates from the

Triple Burner primary channel at its associated luo-connecting

point T.B.-5(waiguan) (➞8.1.2). It forms a three-dimensional

reticulate network, dividing into multiple branches and sub-

branches (sun luo, fu luo, xue luo➞1.5) within the surrounding

tissue. * Mentioned by only some authors

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