This document describes the 12 main meridian channels of Traditional Chinese Medicine and what ailments accessing each channel's points can help alleviate. The channels discussed are: heart, lung, liver, kidney, spleen, pericardium, large intestine, small intestine, stomach, urinary bladder, gallbladder, and triple energizer. Each channel is associated with relieving pain and symptoms in certain parts of the body as well as diseases like headaches, coughs, abdominal issues, and more. Accessing the different meridian points through techniques like acupuncture can help address a wide range of physical and mental health problems.

1. 12 channels Channels of Divergences

2. Heart
The heart meridian will help relieve pain associated with the
heart, upper arms, shoulders in addition to nixing palpitations,
racing hearts and aching. It can also improve memory, help
with insomnia, mania and epilepsy.

3. Lung
The lung meridian will alleviate symptoms of
respiratory distress. It can get rid of nosebleeds,
incessant coughing, and swelling or pain of the
throat

4. Liver
The liver is a huge meridian, it covers a large portion of the
body. It can help remedy abdominal pain, hernias, diarrhea
and even chest pain and vomiting. urinary problems,
menstrual disorders.

5. Kidney
The kidney, like the liver meridian, covers a large portion
of the body – on the opposite side. Accessing the kidney
meridian points can help alleviate everything from
menstrual disorders vomiting, pain of the throat,
constipation, coughing up blood, inhibited urination and
pain in the lower leg and foot.

6. Spleen
 The spleen is responsible for a lot and has a variety of
different uses. It’s responsible for alleviating abdominal
pain, diarrhea, indigestion, constipation, pain of the
chest, coughing, paralysis of the lower limbs and other
stomach pains.

7. Pericardium
The pericardium is a part of your heart, and it’s in charge
of relieving cardiac pain and associated chest tightness or
fullness, palpitations, stomach pains, epilepsy and even
comas.

8. Large Intestine
Despite the large intestine being in our abdomen, the large
intestine meridian controls the left side of our upper body.
Accessing the large intestine points will help with upper
arm pain, paralysis of the upper limbs, throat pain,
shoulder pain, nose-bleeding, headaches and swelling of
the gums, toothaches and voice loss.

9. Small Intestine
The small intestine runs a part of the body contrary to its
actual location. These points can help with dim vision, stiff
neck, arm and elbow pain, dizziness, tinnitus, deafness
and finger stiffness or pain. It’s also good for headaches,
visual difficulties, and pain or swelling of the throat. It
actually can help with annoying eyelid spasms, too!

10. Stomach
The second biggest of all 12 primary meridian vessels, the
stomach contributes to a lot of our everyday ailments. The
stomach primary meridian covers almost everything I
covered in the other meridians so far. From swollen eyes
to paralysis of the lower limbs, the stomach points earn
respect for how far reaching they are.

11. Urinary Bladder
This primary meridian has a lot to do with the bladder and
the urinary tract. However, it’s also the largest of the
meridian pathways in the body. It covers literally
everything that I have covered thus far in addition to back
pain, blood ejection, fever and heel pain. This is a good
go-to if you aren’t sure which energy pathway could be
blocked or not working properly.

12. Gallbladder
The third largest meridian pathway in the body, the
gallbladder path is everything that’s been discussed so far.
It primarily deals with headaches, paralysis, back pain,
abdominal pain and eye disease.

13. Triple Energizer
The triple energizer isn’t an organ in our body, but it is one
of the 12 primary meridians that is responsible for aiding
with deafness, hemi-lateral headaches, toothaches, hyper-tonicity,
paralysis of the shoulder and upper arms, tinnitus,
scrofula, stiff neck and wry mouth or eyes.