Upper Taiyin Dividing Pathway (bie)

Question 1

LS10. Upper TaiyinWhat is the hand taiyin dividing pathway (bid) called?

Answer 1

LS10. Upper Taiyin
Column opening (lieque)

Question 2

LS10. Where does the hand taiyin dividing pathway arise?

Answer 2

LS10 Upper taiyin
Arising above the wrist within the divisions of the jing channel it joins with the taiyin channel (jing) and then runs directly into the palm center (zhangzhong) and spreads and enters the fish border.

Question 3

LS10. Upper taiyin

What are the diseases of the upper taiyin dividing pathway?

Answer 3

LS10. Upper taiyin
It’s diseases [are the these] when there is excess [in the pathway] there is heat [in the region of the] hand-pointed [bone] (shourui) and palm.
Whe [the pathway] is empty there is sighing and frequent urinary incontinence.

Question 4

LS10. Upper taiyin

Where do you treat diseases of the upper taiyin dividing pathway?

Answer 4

LS10. Upper taiyin
[To treat] choose the region a half body inch (cun) up from the wrist [where the pathway]divides to go to the yangming pathway.