Atlas of Acupuncture

4.12 The Liver Channel System – Foot jueyin(zu jue yin jing luo)

4.12 The Liver Channel

System – Foot jueyin

(zu jue yin jing luo)

4.12.1 The Liver Primary Channel

(zu jue yin jing)

Pathway

The Liver primary channel begins at LIV-1(dadun) on the lat-

eral corner of the nail of the big toe. This point is reached by a

small branch of the G.B. channel, which separates from the Gall

Bladder primary channel on the dorsum of the foot at ➞G.B.-41

(zulinqi) (foot Yin–Yang connection of the third great circuit).

LIV-1

LIV-14

LIV-10

G.B.-41

SP- 6

SP-12

SP-13

Ren-4

Ren-3

Ren-2

P-1

Lu-1

Du-20

LIV-1

LIV-2

LIV-3

LIV-4

Sartorius

Gracilis

Semitendinosus

Semimembranosus

LIV-8KID-10Medial condyleof the femur

Medial

condyle of

the femur

Pes anserinus

superficialis

LIV-5

LIV-6

LIV-7

LIV-8

LIV-9

LIV-10

LIV-11

LIV-12

LIV-4

Highest prominence

of the medial

malleolus cun

2 cun

1 cun

5

2

13 cun

4 cun

Junction of the

shaft and medial

condyle of the tibia

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