The San Jiao Channel and its 23 Acupuncture Points

Today, I look at the San Jiao channel and its 23 acupuncture points functions and location made easy. Without a doubt, the San Jiao is a little bit of a weird entity within the Zang Fu organ theory in Chinese medicine. 🧐

Firstly, nobody can agree on how to translate the San Jiao. Therefore, so many books will have Triple Warmer, Triple Heater, Burner, and Energizer. 🙄

Personally, that is so confusing to me. Moreover, I prefer to keep it the San Jiao so we’re not confused about so many translations. Secondly, in the Zang Fu theory, the San Jiao is the only one that doesn’t connect to a physical specific organ, like the liver, the heart, the lung, or the large intestine, this is why I’d rather keep it the San Jiao instead of translating it. 😃

Does that make sense? Okay, so let’s try to demystify this weird organ system (and meridian) in Chinese medicine.

In clinical practice, I use a lot of the San Jiao acupuncture points. SJ 5, SJ 6, SJ 14, SJ 21, and SJ 23 are a very big part of my practice.

In this new series on acupuncture points locations & functions of each channel. Additionally, I aim to make each point easy to locate, as well as differentiate all acupuncture points functions. Moreover, I also look at Channel pathways and how relevant they are in practice.

Let me know what you think and keep rocking it with acupuncture! 😍
Clara
TCM Geek

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The San Jiao Channel of Hand Shao Yang has 23 acupuncture points (bilaterally) functions and locations are all explained in detail in the video below.

The San Jiao Channel and its 23 Points

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~~~~~ ⏰ Class Times ⏰ ~~~~~

0:00 min Intro on the San Jiao Channel meridian made easy
1:22 min The Function of the San Jiao in the Zang Fu Theory
6:07 min the San Jiao channel pathway (Hand Shao Yang meridian)
10:06 min San Jiao 1 to San Jiao 9 acupuncture points location
11:37 min San Jiao 1, San Jiao 2, 3, 4, San Jiao 5, 6, 7 8 & 9 acupuncture points functions
18:37 min San Jiao 10 to San Jiao 14 points location
19:15 min San Jiao 10 to San Jiao 15 points Functions
21:02 min San Jiao 15 to San Jiao 23 points location
22:39 min San Jiao 16 to San Jiao 23 points Functions
25:27 min differentiating all San Jiao Channel acupuncture points functions

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