What Meridians Are – debgully.com

You don’t need to know anything about Chinese Medicine to use EFT. This page is purely for those of you who like to know all the background of things.

Meridians are central to Traditional Chinese Medicine, which has been the primary form of medicine in China for more than 5000 years. They are pathways in the body, which energy flows along. Meridians are usually associated with an organ, so there are meridians for Stomach, Spleen, Gall Bladder, Liver and others.

Pictures of where each meridian runs in the body

Traditional Chinese Medicine is about achieving balance in what’s called the 5 element system, and between the yin & the yang.

Yin is :		Yang is :
Feminine		Masculine
Calming		Stimulating
Cooling		Heating
Negative		Positive
Matter		Energy
Night		Day
Winter		Summer
Moon		Sun
Earth		Sky
Water		Fire
Inward		Outward
Stillness		Motion
Degenerative states		Generative states
Deficient conditions		Excess conditions
Hypo-functional conditions		Hyper-functional conditions
Chronic diseases		Acute diseases
Deep pulse		Superficial pulse
Slow pulse		Fast pulse
Weak pulse		Strong pulse
Always working		Works, then rests

The Five Elements each include two meridians, one Yin, one Yang (except Fire, which has two pairs) and are associated with certain emotions. There are also two extra meridians called Central and Governing, which like overseers of the whole system. If either of these is out of balance, the whole system will be.

Element	Emotions	Organ or Meridian	Yin or Yang
Earth	Empathy, Sympathy	Stomach	Yang
Earth	Empathy, Sympathy	Spleen	Yin
Metal	Grief, Guilt, Regret	Large Intestine	Yang
Metal	Grief, Guilt, Regret	Lung	Yin
Water	Fear, Anxiety	Bladder	Yang
Water	Fear, Anxiety	Kidney	Yin
Wood	Anger, Resentment	Gallbladder	Yang
Wood	Anger, Resentment	Liver	Yin
Fire	Joy, Love, Hate	Small Intestine	Yang
		Heart	Yin
		Triple Warmer (Thyroid, Adrenals, Thymus)	Yang
		Circulation / Sex	Yin

One of the ways that Chinese physicians diagnose is by feeling the different pulses in the body and seeing how deep, fast & strong they are. They will also look at your tongue, and ask lots of questions about how your body is functioning. Some of the questions may seem to have no relevance to the problem you’re consulting them about. Imbalances can be treated with acupuncture, herbs, food & Tai Chi like exercises.

The following chart shows the tapping points, and which meridians they are on.

Tapping Point	Organ or Meridian	Yin or Yang	Comments
Eyebrow (EB)	Bladder	Yang ~
Side of the eye (SE)	Gall Bladder	Yang ~
Under the eye (UE)	Stomach	Yang ~
Under the nose (UN)	Governing	–
Chin (Ch)	Central	–
Collarbone (CB)	Kidney	Yin ^
Underarm (UA)	Spleen	Yin ^
Ribs	Liver	Yin ^
Thumb (Th)	Lung	Yin *
Index Finger (IF)	Large Intestine	Yang #
Middle finger (MF)	Circulation / Sex	Yin *
Little finger (LF)	Heart	Yin *
Gamut	Triple warmer	Yang #
Karate Chop (KC)	Small Intestine	Yang #
Extra points:
Top of the head	All Yang meridians	# or ~	Do not use with high blood pressure.
Back of the wrist	Upper yang meridians	#	Between these two points, they cover all the finger and hand points, and are sometimes added to the basic recipe instead.
Inside of the wrist	Upper yin meridians	*
Above outside ankle bone	Lower yang meridians	~	Do not use the ankle points during pregnancy.
Above inside ankle bone	Lower yin meridians	^	Do not use the ankle points during pregnancy.

This does not necessarily mean that if your issue is anger, for example, the Wood elements will be most affected. We still use all points for all issues, as more than one meridian is usually involved in any situation.

While EFT has produced remarkable clinical results, it is still be considered to be in the experimental stage and each user must take complete responsibility for their own use of it.