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Chinese Medicine Times - Keeping You Informed Acupuncture Today is a leading provider of acupuncture news, info and research information in the world | ClassicalChineseMedicine.org Classic Formulas | 經方學 Acupuncture Medical Group The meridian system is an invitation to meditate on the nature of our lives in human form. The characters Jing Mai, as that system is called in Chinese, imply that. Jing is normally translated as a meridian, but it also means a sutra, or canonized classic as in Huang Di Nei Jing (Yellow Emperor Inner Classic) or Xin Jing (Heart Sutra). The character implies an organized, systematized network, like the threads of silk. (It is worth noting that the word sutra in Indo-european languages carries a similar connotation of a suture, the underlying fabric of life.) The character Mai means pulsation, or something that flows/pulsates in the body. There is no definitive and comprehensive source on the subject of what it means to be a human being with our interactions with the world, our struggles, our birth, our death, our sicknesses, etc. The questions we ask will dictate the answers we get. I present this material with great hesitation. The Lung Meridian: The Spleen and Stomach: The Heart: