Stomach meridian: TCM vs Masunaga extension

Keeping TCM and Masunaga maps distinct is a teaching choice, not a clinical verdict.

The classroom problem

The WHO Stomach channel (ST) follows a classical pathway with numbered points: ST36 Zusanli, ST25 Tianshu, ST40 Fenglong… Masunaga’s “stomach” extension in Zen Shiatsu may include stretches, hara zones and sensations that do not map one-to-one to those landmarks. When notes mix both without warning, students think they “found ST36” while working another palpation logic. That is not a moral failure — it is a map failure.

What Meridiania does

Each system has its own visual layer and entities. You switch explicitly, compare at /explore/compare/tcm-masunaga, and study ST36 on the classical channel without assuming Masunaga landmark equivalence. /meridians shows the pathway; /points/st36 the sheet; the graph and “keep exploring” link neighbours in the same system.

How to study without mixing (40-minute session)

1) Pick one system (TCM only or Masunaga only). 2) Locate in 3D on that layer alone. 3) Note three differences from what you already know of the other map. 4) If you move to hara, use /practice/hara as a separate educational map — not as a “test” of a WHO code. 5) Close with a channel quiz, not a treatment recipe.

Allowed vocabulary

Presence, pathway, layer, landmark, comparison, study. Vocabulary to avoid in titles and FAQs: cure, diagnose, treat, miracle. Meridiania wins as a sacred-educational atlas, not as a clinic.

Educational perspectives — not clinical hierarchy or medical advice. meridiania.net