Twelve Meridians

十二经脉

New Terms, Phrases and Expressions

The common words that form TCM terms in this section are listed below. Please translate the example terms in the places provided.

Term	Meaning	Example and Its Translation
meridian	经	lung meridian ____ 心经 ____ fourteen meridians ____
acupuncture	针灸	acupuncture points (study) ____ scalp acupuncture ____ 耳针 ____
yin meridians	阴经	three yin meridians of hand ____ 足三阴经 ____
yang meridians	阳经	足三阳经 ____ three yang meridians of hand ____
main meridian	正经	twelve main meridians ____ (also called twelve regular meridians, or simply twelve meridians)
yang brightness	阳明	yang brightness meridian ____ yang brightness meridian of foot ____ 手阳明经 ____ stomach meridian of foot yang brightness ____
greater yang	太阳	greater yang meridian of hand ____ 足太阳经 ____ small intestine meridian of hand greater yang ____
lesser yang	少阳	手少阳经 ____ triple energizer meridian of hand lesser yang ____ 足少阳胆经 ____
greater yin	太阴	greater yin meridian of hand ____ 足太阴经 ____ spleen meridian of hand greater yin ____ 手太阴肺经 ____
lesser yin	少阴	手少阴经 ____ heart meridian of hand lesser yin ____ 足少阴肾经 ____
reverting yin	厥阴	live meridian of foot reverting yin ____ 手厥阴心包经 ____