The Six YIN Meridians

The six yin meridians are symmetrically distributed over the interior aspects of the four limbs and the chest-abdomen. The six yang meridians are symmetrically distributed over the lateral aspects of four limbs.

The six yin meridians

The three yin meridians of hand run from the chest to the hand, the three yang meridians run from the hands to the head, the three yang meridians run from the head to the foot, and the three yin meridians run from the foot to the abdomen (chest).

The six yin meridians

The yin and yang meridians that are externally-internally related meet at the ends of the four limbs, the yang meridians with the same nomenclature meet on the face and head, and yin meridians (i.e., three yin meridians of hand and foot) meet at the chest.