Meridians (Jing-Luo in Chinese medicine), are the paths or routes that run “qi” (vital energy) and blood lengthways through the entire body. Meridians connect all the organs, limbs, five sense organs, and nine body orifices—they communicate interior, exterior, and upper and lower sides of the body. They are the main trunk of the body system inducing and transmitting information. All meridians together constitute the essential structural components of the human body.
Essence of Meridians
Modern scientific research attempts to explore meridians from the perspective of nerves, endocrine, and electricity but cannot fully explain all the related phenomena.The main reason is that there are microscopic spaces in the meridians that cannot be explored by existing science, and the macroscopic phenomena of existing material spaces such as nerves, endocrine, and electricity cannot show the true essence of the meridians.
