TRIPLE ENERGIZER AND MERIDIANS
It is well known that stimulation of the meridians can produce the effect of acupuncture anesthesia. The connective tissue network is an acupuncture transmission channel [15]. Thus, there is a close link between the triple energizer and meridians. Based on clear understanding of the triple energizer, we have created a new recognition of the meridians.
Triple energizer and meridians are the mysteries of TCM. They are strikingly similar and all have important functions for maintaining the human body. Until today, the Chinese medical community still believe that the functions of meridians exist in living tissues, which are formed by the involvement of connective tissues, nerves, blood vessels, lymph fluid. After the disappearance of life, the meridian function disappears and there is no inherent anatomical structure [16].
Langevin et al. found that 50% of acupoints and 80% of meridians on the upper arm locate in the connective tissues [17]. Lu also suggested in 1996 that meridians are in the state of connective tissue cholesteric phase liquid crystal only during the life span [11]. The above studies of the meridians and connective organizations are almost close to the understanding of the nature of the meridians. Because of the failure to integrate TCM and modern medicine, it failed in the last mile.
After recognizing the overall structure of triple energizer, we realize that triple energizer is the connective tissue wrapping of the whole body structure. Triple energizer is the carrier of meridians. The meridians are the parts of triple energizer that fulfil its main functions. A large number of external acupoints and Ashi points are located outside the meridians, above the triple energizer connective tissue network.