character: carries Zhong (Ancestral) Qi and functions on the deepest level of Yin, thus ruling the Interior. It links the Yin of the body, maintaining tranquility. Symptoms often involve the Heart and Shen, with cardiac discomfort and emotional disruption common. While the Ren Mai nourishes Yin channels, Yin Wei Mai serves more of a regulatory function.
Master point: PC-6
Couple point: Sp-4
Xi Cleft Accumulation point: Kd-9
paired channel: Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel)
functions: connects, reinforces, balances and regulates the Yin channels. Impacts mainly Yin and Xue (Blood)
general symptoms: weakness; patient easily angered; groans with pain; chest pain, esp. pains in the heart; distension in the hypochondriac region; achiness in the waist; genital pain; swelling of the perineum
Shi (Excess) symptoms: deep pulses stronger than superficial ones; delirium; nightmares; weakness of homolateral upper extremity and contralateral lower extremity; dyspnea; chest oppression
Xu (Deficiency) symptoms: deep pulses weaker than superficial ones; depression; timidity; fear; nervous laughter; pain in the homolateral upper extremity and the contralateral lower extremity; hypotension; hypothyroidism; impotence; rectal prolapse
pathway: from Kd-9, up the medial calf, crossing the abdomen along the Spleen channel, moving medially from Lv-14, ascending the chest to end at CV-23, at the throat.
key points:
Kd-9
Sp-12
Sp-13
Sp-15
Sp-16
Lv-14
CV-22
CV-23
footnotes