REVEALING TRIPLE ENERGIZER REAL STRUCTURE
The sites of traditional definition of upper, middle and lower triple energizer is not compatible with the comprehensive function of the whole body, Its anatomical basis needs to be clarified. How do we reveal the existing and real triple energizer structure? From the following three aspects of the combination of TCM and modern medicine, we reveal the basic structure of triple energizer.
Firstly, triple energizer structure is integral. According to the definition of triple energizer, it appears as membrane shape. Some doctors believe that triple energizer is tangible because its function is based on a certain shape, but this shape is not a specific and definite structure of viscera.
“Introduction to Medicine” from Chinese Ming Dynasty pointed out that ”after viewing the wonderful triple energizer , we know that the Zangfu viscera are different and the same, the division is twelve, and the whole is one triple energizer [5].” Zhang Jingyue’s ”Category Canon, Viscera ” in Qing Dynasty proposed that “triple energizer is indeed a Fu viscera, it may cover all viscera outside the viscera, in the body, and triple energizer is the largest viscus, there is no matching viscera.” Liu Yuxi of the Tang Dynasty said that ”the so-called triple energizer invisible by the ancients is its uncommon structure.”
The structure of the triple energizer is realized through the connection of the membrane system. Zhang Jingyue pointed out that ”the membrane is like fascia, and the thin fascia and tendons connected with each other among the viscera are called membranes”.
Triple energizer membrane system is distributed throughout the body and has various forms, and belongs to all kinds of membranes inside and outside the human body. They are located among the body surface, the viscera, and tissues wrapping the cells, which are criss-crossed, including the pleura, peritoneum, meninges, etc. In the Yuan Dynasty, Hua Shou painted Mingtang (the Bright palace)map to clearly connect the internal viscera such as the large and small intestines, which is reflected in the visceral mesangial structure of modern anatomy.
TCM describes the integrity of the triple energizer membrane system comprehensively and systematically applies its functions. Although modern medicine has the anatomical basis of connective tissue, its understanding of structure is mainly limited to the connection, or limited to certain viscera, certain mesangium, and lack of integrity. In recent years, there has been a breakthrough in understanding connective tissue. In 2016, Coffey pointed out that the mesentery that has been fragmented in the digestive system is actually a continuous viscus [6].
It can be seen that triple energizer should be the tissue structure that links the whole body of the package and its morphology is determined by the shape of the viscera. Mesentery is part of the triple energizer membrane system and belongs to a modern anatomical connective tissue. Starting with modern medical anatomy, the triple energizer membrane system appears as connective tissue.
Secondly, triple energizer function is holistic. TCM can not confirm the intrinsic shape of triple energizer, but through thousands of years of clinical practice, the function of triple energizer has long been clear [5].
Triple energizer membrane system covers various layers of the viscera, the muscles and bones, and its functions of connecting up and down, intercommunicating inside and outside. The interaction of triple energizer makes the isolated viscera resonate harmoniously.
Triple energizer membrane system indicates that the various viscera of the human body are closely connected through this system, which is the material basis for Qi scattered in the liver, through the heart, in the spleen, higher than the lungs, and lower in the kidney. Clinical treatments of various diseases finally achieve a neat and smooth membrane system, and ”the five internal viscera are smooth, people are harmonious” in “Synopsis of the Golden Chamber”.
Thirdly, the functions of triple energizer and its meridian are realized through the information transmission of connective tissue.
Clinical practice has found that triple energizer function is accomplished by connective tissue conduction. For example, the wrist-ankle needle and the floating needle are gentle acupuncture for superficial connective tissue (not a classic system of acupoints), and the distal tissue analgesic effect can be produced by spreading through the connective tissue network [7,8].
Neck tissues massage, orthopedic and antagonistic therapy achieve triple energizer function by activating connective tissue networks to cure disease.
Shaoyang triple energizer meridian is one of the twelve meridians. Its membrane runs through the body, and the fire and heat of the body Qi communicate internally and externally, which passes through the viscera, and finally reaches the external skin striae [9].
Triple energizer meridian is both a meridian and a triple energizer membrane system. The transmission of meridians is realized by connective tissue, and the triple energizer membrane system is also the same, which suggests that there is a close relationship between triple energizer and meridians [10].
Thus, it can be seen that connective tissue should be the basis for realizing the overall function of triple energizer.