Atlas of Acupuncture

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

4.12.2 The Liver Divergent Channel

(zu jue yin jing bie)

Pathway

The Liver divergent channel separates from the Liver primary

channel on the dorsum of the foot

➡ascends the medial aspect of the leg to the inguinal region

➡meets the Gall Bladder divergent channel near ➞Ren-2

(qugu)

➡traverses the abdomen and enters internally at LIV-13

(zhangmen)

➡continues inside the thoracic cavity, spreads in the Liver

(gan), connects with the Gall Bladder (dan) and runs to the

Heart (xin)

➡ascends to the neck

➡emerges at the mandibular angle and disperses over the face

➡connects with the Gall Bladder primary channel and the Gall

Bladder divergent channel at ➞G.B.-1(tongziliao) on the

outer canthus of the eye to form one of the six he-confluences

(here: G.B./LIV as 2nd confluence ➞1.3)

➡continues to the eye system and ends in the Brain.

Clinical importance

● Strengthens the relationship between the Liver and the Gall

Bladder (zangfu-Organ systems). Points on the Liver primary

channel can therefore be used to treat disorders of the Gall

Bladder and vice versa.

● Based on the pathways of the Gall Bladder and Liver diver-

gent channels, points on both channels can be used for disor-

ders of the hips and the lower extremities as well as for

disorders of the eye system.

LIV-13

Ren- 2

(Brain)

G.B.-1

(2nd confluence)

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