The Liver Meridian of Foot Jueyin

The Liver Meridian of Foot Jueyin originates from the dorsal hair of the great toe. Running upward along the dorsum of the foot, passing through a point, 1cun in front of the medial malleolus, it ascends to an area 8cun above the medial malleolus, where it runs across and behind the Spleen Meridian of Foot Taiyin. Then it suns further upward to the medial aspect of the knee and along the medial aspect of the thigh to pubic hair region, where it curves around the external genitalia and goes up to the lower abdomen. It then runs upward and curves around the stomach to enter the liver, its pertaining organ and connects with the gallbladder. From there it continues to ascend, passing through the diaphragm, and branching out in the costal and hypochondriac region, then it ascends along the posterior aspect of the throat to the nasopharynx and connects with the “eye system”. Running further upward, it emerges from the forehead and meets the Governor Vessel at the vertex. The branch, which arises from the “eye system”, runs downward into the cheek and curves around the inner surface of the lips. The branch arising from the liver passes through the diaphragm to the lung.

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