San Jiao Channel (SJ)

Circuit: Human 人 – PC → SJ → GB → LIV

Organs connected: SJ, PC

Pathway

1. Starts at the outer tip of the ring finger and runs over the back of the hand
2. and wrist to the forearm.
3. Rises around the outer elbow and along the lateral upper arm
4. to the posterior shoulder region (crossing: SI-12, DU-14).
5. From there it crosses over the shoulder and enters the chest beneath the breastbone (crossing: GB-21).
6. An internal branch goes from this point through the PC and through the diaphragm (crossing: REN-17),
7. then continues down to join the Upper, Middle and Lower Burners.
8. Another, external branch rises toward the shoulder and runs internally up the neck.
9. It reaches the posterior border of the ear
10. and then circles the face internally (crossing: GB-6, GB-4, GB-3).
11. A short branch starts behind the ear, passes into the ear, and comes out in front of it to reach the outer end of the eyebrow, linking with the GB Meridian (crossing: SI-19, GB-1).

Crossing Points

SI-12, DU-14, GB-21, (REN-17), GB-6, GB-4, GB-3, SI-18, SI-19, GB-1

San Jiao Luo

Luo point: SJ-5

Pathway

1. Branches off the SJ primary channel at SJ-5.
2. Runs up the posterior arm and over the shoulder, meeting the PC channel in the chest.

Symptoms

• Spastic or flaccid cubital (elbow) joints.