Channel walk
The atlas shows the map. Here you walk it: bone, crease and tsubo, in order. Three channels are enough to learn the gesture. Then repeat it with any other.
- 3walks
- LUyin arm
- STface to foot
Study material. It does not diagnose, prescribe, or replace your school or a health professional.
Lung, chest to thumb
A short channel. Ideal for the first walk.
- 1Chest · LU1
Below the clavicle, on the lateral chest. The story starts there.
Chest · LU1 - 2Elbow crease · LU5
In the crease, on the radial side. The channel comes down the biceps to rest there.
Elbow crease · LU5 - 3Wrist · LU9
Wrist crease, thumb side. It is also the source point.
Wrist · LU9 - 4Thumb · LU11
Radial nail corner of the thumb. The yin path of the arm ends at the digit.
Thumb · LU11
Stomach, eye to second toe
- 1Below the eye · ST1
The channel appears on the face, in line with the pupil.
Below the eye · ST1 - 2Abdomen · ST25
Either side of the navel. A trunk landmark before the leg.
Abdomen · ST25 - 3Below the knee · ST36
Three cun below the knee, one finger lateral to the tibial crest. The channel's most studied landmark.
Below the knee · ST36 - 4Second toe · ST45
Lateral nail corner of the second toe. The foot yang ming closes there.
Second toe · ST45
Bladder, eye to fifth toe
- 1Inner eye · BL1
It starts at the inner corner, then climbs the forehead and the nape.
Inner eye · BL1 - 2Back · BL13
Inner Bladder line, Lung shu. A stop on the spine so the long channel does not lose you.
Back · BL13 - 3Knee crease · BL40
Centre of the posterior knee crease. The channel passes from back to calf.
Knee crease · BL40 - 4Fifth toe · BL67
Lateral nail corner of the fifth toe, after the outer malleolus (BL60).
Fifth toe · BL67