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Giovanni blog:

Ext Int Int Ext Hinge Hinge

Tai Yin Yang Ming Shao Yin Tai Yang Jue Yin Shao Yang

LU LI HE SI P TB

SP ST KI BL LIV GB

If we bear in mind the Yin-Yang connections among channels, the Triple Burner (Shao Yang) is connected

to the Pericardium (Jue Yin) and the Gall-Bladder (Shao Yang) to the Liver (Jue Yin). Therefore, if the

Shao Yang is the hinge of the Yang (as it clearly is), then the Jue Yin must be the hinge of the Yin. The

diagrams below illustrate this concept.

 The two diagrams below show the position of the channels in arms and legs as indicated above. The

diagram below shows clearly how, if we related the concept of opening/closing/hinge to channel

topography, the Jue Yin must be the hinge. Notice how the Heart and Kidney channels are both medial,

both "inside", both the "most interior" (and therefore not pivot or hinge) of the Yin channels.

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I see the role of "hinge" of the Shao Yang and Jue Yin as a metaphor oftheir involvement in relationships, in our relating to others. All four ofthe Shao Yang and Jue Yin channels play a role in relating butespecially so the Jue Yin, i.e. ericardium and !iver. he !iver evenmore so because it houses the #un $hich provides the Shen $ith the

"movement" necessary to relate.