▲Click the blue “Nan Ke Yi Meng” above to follow Currently, it is generally believed that the collaterals (络脉, luò mài) are small branches of the meridians (经脉, jīng mài), which can be classified into bie luo (别络, secondary collaterals), sun luo (孙络, minor collaterals), and fu luo (浮络, superficial collaterals). The bie luo consists … Read more
The meridians and collaterals of the human body are analogous to the lines of longitude and latitude on Earth, with the meridians distributed longitudinally like the Earth’s longitude lines, while the collaterals connect the meridians transversely like latitude lines. The collaterals are small branches that diverge from the meridians and spread throughout the body. The … Read more
If we equate the skin perforating branches with “Sun Luo (孙络)”, it will lead the subsequent research on skin perforating branches into a wrong path.The blood vessels supplying the skin are called skin perforating branches. Everyone understands the blood vessels supplying the skin; anyone who has studied middle school biology knows this. However, the concept … Read more