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.