%0 Journal Article
%T Pi Wei Xiang Biao Li and the Trajectory of Zuyangming
%A Electra Peluffo
%J Chinese Medicine
%P 7-15
%@ 2151-1926
%D 2014
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/cm.2014.51002
%X <p align=\"justify\">
	<b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">In this paper, it is studied the reason why Zuyangming (stomach meridian) travels the body through yin territory in contrast with the other eleven main meridians governed by the quantitative</span></span><span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">-</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">qualitative yinyang synchronicity of meridians and territories to discover. Zuyangming meets this principle only partially (in face and leg) and that¡¯s </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">why </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">the reason</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">s</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> for this exception in the thoraco</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">-</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">abdominal trajectory </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">are</span><span style=\"font-family:'Cambria','serif';\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> attempted to be deciphered here. Ancient traditional medical texts describe the internal and external routes of meridians and the relations between the </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">spleen</span></i></span><i><span style=\"font-family:'Cambria','serif';\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">stomach</span></i><span style=\"font-family:'Cambria','serif';\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> pair, which </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Su Wen</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> 8 transforms into </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">spleenstomach</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">, mentioning the membranous binding (connective tissue today) which unifies both viscera. In addition, the embryological studies of the human fetus provided information on yuan</span></span></span></b><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">¡ª</span></span></span></span><span></span></b><span><span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">source of life</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">¡ª</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">and the development of tissues (fascia and membranes) during fetal organic evolution, allowing us to understand many of the classical ideas about life, health and disease. Reflections in this paper conclude that zuyangming internalizes its resplendent yang energy, and thus compensates for the predominant presence of yin energy (yin organs in yin
%K Zuyangming
%K Zutaiyin
%K Stomach and Spleen Meridians
%K Membranes
%K Connective Tissue
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%K Shang Han Lun&lt
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%K Nan Jing&lt
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%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=44132