OBSERVATION OF THE GENITALIA

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OBSERVATION OF THE GENITALIA

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CHANNELS INFLUENCING THE GENITALIA

The genitals are related primarily to the Liver and Kidney channels and to the Directing, Penetrating and Governing Vessels. The Liver Connecting channel, in particular, loops around the genitalia. Although the influence of the Directing Vessel on the genitalia is obvious, that of the Governing Vessel is often overlooked.

The ‘Simple Questions’ (Chapter 60) describes an anterior branch of the Governing Vessel that flows to the external genitalia both in men and women, and to the pubic bone and from here ascends up the abdomen on the same trajectory as the Directing Vessel (Fig. 17.1 right).¹

Fig. 17.1 Pathways of channels influencing the genitalia

The pathways of the channels flowing through the genitalia are as follows (Fig. 17.1):

• A branch of the Governing Vessels flows down to the genitalia.

• The Kidney Main, Connecting and Muscle channels flow through the genitalia.

• The Liver Main, Connecting, Divergent and Muscle channels wrap around the genitalia.

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