Volume 2 Issue 1 - February 2007

by Giovanni Maciocia

The Penetrating Vessel (Chong mai) is complex as it has many different functions at different levels and affects several organs. In a way, it could be considered to be the origin of the other extraordinary vessels as it originates from between the Kidneys and spreads its Qi over the abdomen, chest and the body at the defensive (wei Qi) level. When this energy arrives at the relevant starting points, it gives rise to the Yin and Yang Linking Vessels (Yin and Yang Wei mai), the Yin and Yang Stepping Vessels (Yin and Yang Qiao mai) and the Girdle Vessel (Dai mai).