Sense of Direction
In this chapter we explore the Gall Bladder and Liver channels of qi and their functions in body, heartmind, and spirit. These lines constitute the Jue Yin and Shao Yang aspects of the Wood elemental force and are located in the body along the sides of the legs.
Gall Bladder Meridian
Foot Shao Yang
Just as Triple Warmer shows us the expression of Shao Yang in the arms, the Gall Bladder shows us the Shao Yang in the legs. The Gall Bladder here is explained in relation to the Stomach and the Bladder: the Stomach represents the yang ming, reflecting all those motivations that pull us forward into life (the proverbial carrot dangling in front of us), and the Bladder represents the Tai Yang, governing all those motivations of drive, pushing from deep within, or escaping whatever is chasing us. For its part, the Gall Bladder represents the Shao Yang, giving us the possibility to move from side to side and the choice to go right or left.
We may wonder: how does Shao Yang show us the lesser yang? Here I like to say that an enticing carrot in front of you or a big bear chasing you are very straightforward and powerful motivations. But the decision to turn right or left is always subject to scrutiny. Deciding to turn right, I may be tempted to question my choice or defend it, and these are two very weak positions.
Wood Element
And here we find the Wood element expressing itself in the body. In the five element system of Chinese medicine are Fire, Earth, Metal, Water, and Wood. Anyone schooled in the Western four-element system is familiar with Fire, Earth, Air, and Water and may ask, “Where is Air in the Chinese system?” It’s a curious task to compare two ways of looking at nature and its expressions. Western Air is most closely correlated to the Chinese Metal element, yet we may also see some Air-like characteristics appearing in Wood. Indeed, an alternative name for Wood is Wind. It is not my intention nor within the scope of this book to do a full comparison of various cultures’ systems of natural perception; suffice it to say that Wood captures the natural quality of a force that is persistent, strong, deeply rooted, and organic. It grows from the soils of earth, nourished or inhibited by its minerals and metals and likewise the waters that run over and through it; it is both inspired to growth by the power of fire as the sun calling it forth and can also be used as fuel for our fires. Wood is the vital element of organic growth and all the powers granted or inhibited by such growth.
11 pm to 1 am
The Gall Bladder channel spans the hours of 11 pm to 1 am, the night owl’s energies. These are the hours when sensible people are in bed, at rest and sleeping after a long day. And for those who are young and restless, these can be the hours when the night is young and mischief is afoot. Parties come to life and all manner of nighttime shenanigans commence at this hour. If you are up and partying at this hour and find yourself with a case of the midnight munchies, it’s likely you will not reach for a salad or smoothie—more likely it will be pizza, ice cream, or some greasy and salty snack. Because the Gall Bladder concentrates bile—a strong emulsifier or grease cutter—it is really put to the test by any fatty foods consumed at this hour! You may also notice the two-hour cycle manifesting strongly here. Many people will agree that if you are not asleep by 11, you’ll be up until 1.
Key Functions
Decision making, distribution center
Affirmation
I stand my ground with strength and integrity.
The Gall Bladder channel of Foot Shao Yang is the yang channel of the Wood element that runs along the lateral aspect of the body from the head to the feet. It is the yang aspect of the Wood element in the human body, heartmind, and spirit. On the physical level it governs the distribution of nutrients throughout the body; on the mental and emotional levels it animates responsibility and decision-making. Named after the gall bladder organ, the organ itself is known to concentrate and store bile produced by the liver and then excrete it into the small intestine upon demand. Bile is an emulsifier, a substance that breaks down fat (fuel). The gall bladder is an essential player in the breaking down of fats into constituent parts so they may be assimilated into the bloodstream and sent to the liver for further processing into nutrients for cell functioning throughout the body. We see Gall Bladder as the assistant to the Liver and vital in the work of supplying nutrients.
When we go beyond this physical level of functioning, we consider the word “gall” itself to help us come to an understanding of this channel’s characteristic, To say one has a lot of gall speaks to a sense of nerve and belligerence. Someone with a lot of gall gets things done despite the odds or at least will go down swinging. Someone with a strong Gall Bladder function may have a reputation as a reliable or hard worker and a good decision-maker who can be counted on to stick with it through thick and thin. These sorts of people are good sidekicks. While not usually “idea people,” they might come up with good strategies. Overall vision is more the domain of the chief executive—in this case the Liver channel—whose functions we explore below.
Key Characteristics of the Functional Range of the
Gall Bladder Channel
Physical
The physical gall bladder serves the physical function of concentrating and secreting bile in to the duodenum, the first section of the Small Intestine. As mentioned above, bile is a strong emulsifier, it breaks down fats into constituent parts so the small intestine can better glean nutrients from dietary fats and oils. In addition to being an emulsifier, bile is also a strong alkaline substance. After the strong acidic environment of the stomach, a strong alkaline influence must be exerted to bring the digesta (the liquid slurry of food created through mastication and the action of the stomach) into a balanced pH for moving through the small intestine. Without the alkalinization process, stomach acid would burn the small intestine’s lining and cause gastric ulcers.
Beyond these functions, the Gall Bladder channel energy has a broader physical function in being involved with the actual distribution of nutrients throughout body. Generally considered to be a function of blood, the distinction here is less about the actual medium that carries the nutrient and more about the allotment and even distribution of the right nutrients to the right cells and tissues at the right times.
In this regard, the Gall Bladder channel is also in charge of the body’s muscular action. Consider the muscles’ action as being an organic function of movement, growth, and choice. Like the characteristics of Wood explored earlier, you can see the muscles as the manifestation of the living quality of Wood in the body. Healthy muscles are flexible and pliable like young willow branches. Diseased muscles are stiff and rigid like an old oak, or weak and flaccid like a leaf floating on a lake or smoke on the wind.
Psychological, Emotional
The physical attributes of musculature and the digestive system have correlation in our psycho-emotional layer as the energy behind repetitive and even addictive behaviors. Our habits of body are correlated to our habits of mind. When we are busy doing, doing, doing we are like the many branches of a tree reaching out in all directions at once. And here you can also see the strength of the tree as being exemplary of being reliable and responsible. Gall Bladder energy governs the virtues of dependability and integrity.
Call to mind if you can what it might be like to own a luxurious yacht. You moor it in, say, Miami Beach or San Diego. Most of the year you live in some big northern city where you have an expensive, luxurious high-rise condo. I know this is not the norm for everyone, but imagine if you did own such a vessel in such a situation, you would know that you need to hire a capable and reliable first mate. Your luxury, high-rise condo already comes pre-staffed with a cadre of capable security and maintenance professionals. For your yacht, you’d have to hire your own first mate, someone who would live on the yacht and keep it in ship shape and ready to sail at a moment’s notice. This person would have to be of high integrity, extremely responsible, capable, and ever ready for your command. At the same time, the person would need to treat your yacht as if it were their own. Such a highly responsible position is the exact definition of Gall Bladder energy. This vital energy channel governs anywhere in your life you rely on others to keep it all together for you and your dearest possessions, or where you do the same for others.
What goes hand in hand with such a high level of responsibility is the ability to be in control. And so all control issues show up as a feature of the Gall Bladder energy system. If you are in control, want to be in control, need to be in control, have to let go of control, aren’t in control, or need to surrender control to a higher power, these are all aspects of your Gall Bladder’s function. You may notice how these can all be directly related to anger. Consider the hair-trigger response some people can have when any aspect of control (or lack of it) is challenged, and you’ll see how the two are directly related.
Anger is not limited to issues of control or lack thereof; it also relates to issues of creativity and the frustration of creative impulse. Anger is an essential primal reaction we have when things are not going right according to our sense of how things ought to be going. In this way, anger has a vitally important role in causing us to immediately figure out what is true for us. It can alert us to the fact that we are experiencing something uncomfortable related to a thing we care for very much. If we did not care, we would not get angry.
The right recognition of anger can clue us in as to what is most important. Of course, when anger runs amok, it can become senseless violence and rage, deeply related to the struggles of addiction, control, and obsession. These too are intertwined with the proper functioning of Gall Bladder energy within the body, heartmind, and spirit. Bullying and bossing come from the same place. A good boss guides employees in the successful accomplishment of an important task. A bully enforces power over others in a rude, inappropriate, and hateful fashion.
To face all these issues means to balance your relationship with power. You can be bold and courageous in the face of overwhelming odds and fight for a cause you believe in, or you can become pompous, self-important, and arrogant if the scale tips a little too much. There is often a fine line between power and right, and many a tyrant has run afoul the mantle of leadership. “Absolute power corrupts absolutely” is a warning against the misuse of Gall Bladder energy in social and political systems.
Spiritual
The spiritual call of Gall Bladder Foot Shao Yang energy is growth, dedication, reliability, and good old-fashioned integrity. The wise admonition for conducting important interpersonal relations is the spiritual imperative of the Gall Bladder channel: say what you mean, mean what you say.
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1. Seeing the World |
23. Flank Sinews |
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2. Meeting of Hearing |
24. Sun and Moon |
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3. Above the Joint |
25. Capital Gate |
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4. Jaw Serenity |
26. Girdling Vessel |
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5. Wild Skull |
27. Five Pivots |
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6. Wild Tuft |
28. Linking Path |
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7. Crook of the Temple |
29. Stationary Crevice |
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8. Leading Valley |
30. Jumping Pivot |
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9. Heavenly Rushing |
31. Market of Wind |
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10. Many Voices |
32. Middle Ditch |
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11. Inner Listening |
33. Knee Yang Gate |
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12. Getting Into Action |
34. Yang Mound Spring |
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13. Root of the Spirit |
35. Yang Intersection |
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14. Yang White (Third Eye Opening) |
36. Outer Hill |
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15. Head Overlooking Tears |
37. Bright Light |
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16. Window of the Eyes (See the Face of God) |
38. Yang Assistance |
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17. Upright Nourishment (God Sees You) |
39. Suspended Bell |
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18. Supporting Spirit |
40. Mound of Ruins |
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19. Brain Hollow |
41. Foot Overlooking Tears |
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20. Pond of Wind |
42. Earth Five Meetings |
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21. Well in the Shoulder |
43. Clamped Stream |
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22. Armpit Abyss |
44. Foot Yin Portal |
Gall Bladder Channel Trajectory
The temple region and behind the ear is the territory of the Triple Warmer, that area soothed by gentle, warm, circular stroking. Its location also manifests in the meridian flow. We recognize the Gall Bladder and the Triple Warmer as being expressions of the Shao Yang energy of the body’s sides. Our one meridian goes inward after Triple Warmer 23 and travels a scant inch down to just outside the outer orbital ridge of the eye to the first point on the Gall Bladder channel in the area where crow’s feet are known to form, 1, Seeing the World. From there the pathway flows down to the ear where two points manifest and then goes up into the curve of hair that rims the temples. Here there are four points running parallel to the hairline; one of them, GB 6, is called Wild Tuft, an apt description of the hair at the temples that often sticks out in a wild and crazy way. It is also related to the way a whirlwind of activity can lead to a kind of wild and crazy spinning that can really mess up your hairdo.
From the temple hairline, the channel flows back around the ear an inch inside the hairline. This is parallel to the Triple Warmer channel that flows on the hairline around the ear. It is valuable to self-palpate these two lines in order to distinguish their slightly different character. Closer to the ear on the hairline you get one feeling, and just an inch inside the hairline is quite a different feeling.
The Gall Bladder continues around the skull to GB 12, Getting Into Action, at the occipital ridge. It then tracks up to the forehead where it continues. GB 13, 14, and 15 make a triangle: 13 and 15 are just at the hairline and 14 is in the middle of the forehead in alignment with the eyes. From 15, Head Overlooking Tears, the channel traces a line back over the side of the head, following a course about two inches lateral of the midline.
When the line reaches the occipital ridge once more, we find Gall Bladder 20, Pond of Wind. This name evokes images related to Gall Bladder’s role as decision-maker. With all of life’s information swirling like the wind over a small pond, we must choose our way. In fact, the entire first section of the Gall Bladder—from its start just outside the eyes to the ears, to its trace along the sides of the head in two lines and its point directly above the eyes, as well as points 12 and 20 at the occipital ridge—we find the location directly relates to turning the head side to side; it is the ability to see both sides of a situation and make a decision to go right or left. This auspicious positioning in the sides of the head lends weight and reason to its role as the decision-maker, for as every school child learns, we must look both ways before crossing the road.
From 20, the pathway drops down the sides of the neck, crossing over the Triple Warmer channel as it makes its way to Gall Bladder 21, Well in the Shoulder. Here it sits deep in the tissue, midway between the clavicle and the scapula and midway from the corner of the shoulder to the base of the neck. This point relates to Gall Bladder’s task of bearing responsibilities. Often when we are bearing burdens that are too great, we manifest pain or injury in the shoulder region. Gall Bladder 21 is the perfect point for assisting to relieve the tension in our shoulders that is the result of the bearing of our responsibilities, both real and assumed.
From 21, the Gall Bladder channel then goes around the front of the shoulder and through the pectorals toward two points in the fourth intercostal space just below the armpit. Then it travels forward to the seventh intercostal space to Gall Bladder 24, Sun and Moon, found at a point in line with the nipple. The name is significant to the point’s use and effectiveness: sun and moon are yang and yin; though the meridian is yang, the Gall Bladder crosses to this yin area of the body, and stimulating it can bring balance to the yin and yang of the body. The point is also the “alarm point” for the Gall Bladder channel and is used to assess and treat acute conditions of the Gall Bladder.
After 24 the channel shifts toward the back again, to a point at the tip of the twelfth rib—25, Capital Gate. This point is the Kidney’s alarm point. Bearing a special relationship to it and as the Capital Gate, this point is seen as an important point for accessing and treating the source qi.
From here the channel crosses forward once more, cross the waistline to trace the delicate area just anterior and medial to the anterior iliac crest. There are two points here, which when palpated might induce a tickle response, so one should be careful in stimulating this area. From here the channel traces down and back once more into the buttocks to Gall Bladder 30, Jumping Pivot, deep in the hip socket.
From Gall Bladder 21, the Well in the Shoulder, to 30, Jumping Pivot, we see the run of the Gall Bladder in the torso. It is a busy channel, running front to back many times. This is reflective of the channel’s task as the distributor of qi to all the systems of the body. Its strong presence in the body’s side also illustrates its task as decision-maker. It has influence on both sides of the body, a metaphor for the two sides of a situation. Seeing both sides is a necessity so that proper data can be gathered to make a good decisions, one of the Gall Bladder channel’s key functions.
Finally, the Gall Bladder enters the legs and straightens its path right along the pants seam, tracing the iliotibial (IT) band in the thigh. Just a little past the halfway point between hips and knee we find Gall Bladder 31, Market of Wind. Another wind point, this name refers to Gall Bladder’s connection with Wood that bears a close relationship to elemental Air or Wind. The “market” part of the name speaks to a level of decision-making one must do in situations like at a marketplace. To be successful, a merchant must be able to read the winds of public need and desire and find a position for properly catching that wind for optimal gain. As the strategist of the team of functions, the Gall Bladder is directly responsible for choosing positions.
The channel continues down the leg, crossing over the lateral side of the knee joint and over the head of the fibula. The fibula is known as the assistant bone in Western anatomy for the way in which it assists the tibia, the shinbone. We see here a mirror to the Chinese idea that the Gall Bladder is the assistant to the Liver. When we explore the Liver trajectory later, we will find that the Liver channel follows the tibia. The Gall Bladder traces a course along the assistant bone, perfectly illustrating its supportive nature. Just inferior to the head of the fibula lies GB 34, Yang Mound Spring. Its name is derived from its function as a spring point and its location on a yang meridian just under the “mound” of the head of the fibula. As a spring point it is considered a deep and pure source of yang qi. This auspicious point is said to have a strong influence over all the sinews of the body.
Continuing down the leg, the channel has many points alongside the fibula. Before it crosses over the ankle just above its lateral prominence, it passes down into the foot. Here we find Gall Bladder 41, Foot Overlooking Tears. This point is related to Gall Bladder 15, Head Overlooking Tears, and like that point can assist in promoting or slowing down tears. It is also the opening point for the dai mai or belt vessel named the Vessel of Latency. Latency refers to all those potentials that reside within us, some we have stuffed deep inside us to hold on to dearly. It is fitting that this point of the Gall Bladder channel can be used to help release pent-up energies and get them flowing again.
An additional aspect of the Gall Bladder worth noting at this point and in direct relationship to its position in the sides of the legs is the role of lateral stabilization. When going this way and that, we must lean right and left with the winds as they blow, like the ship at sea.
In order to keep a true course and not capsize or waver along the way, our lateral stabilizers must be strong and vital. This description is an apt metaphor for the work of the Gall Bladder in the body, heartmind, and spirit.
From 41, Foot Overlooking Tears, the channel travels on between the bones of the fourth and fifth toe to find its termination at the base of the nail of the fourth toe. Resting here after its long traverse of the body with its wild tracing from front to back to front to back to front to back, its job of distributing energies throughout the body is finally accomplished.
Liver Meridian
Foot Jue Yin
Here we find the expression of Jue Yin in the lower body. Between the Kidney and the Spleen we find the Liver. The Kidney is the most deep in the Shao Yin layer, the Spleen is the most superficial as Tai Yin and the Liver is in the middle as Jue Yin. Understanding the relative relation to the outside world of each of these organs, this makes a degree of sense. The spleen/pancreas is directly related to interfacing with food as it first comes into the body via saliva and enzymatic secretions in the digestive track.
The liver is deeper still with its involvement in the inner workings of blood sugar, creating cellular food from absorbed nutrients, dealing with detoxification and all the many chemical equations the liver deals with in the physiology of the body. The kidney is deeper still, working directly with the blood and vascular system.
Wood Element
The middle yin function is linked to the Wood element’s organization distribution, reliability, and integrity. It is said that the Liver is in charge of the smooth flow of qi throughout the human body. We could see this as analogous to the gentle breezes of the atmosphere caused by high and low pressure systems working in an integrated fashion all around the globe. Anything jagged or stormy brings a challenge to the smooth conduct of affairs, but fair weather and a good breeze mean for smooth and steady sailing on the seas of life.
1 to 3 am
Here in the very darkest hours of the night, we find the Liver channel most alive and vital. It is in these overnight hours when much is digested and completed as we dream. It is said in the classics that the eyes are the sprout of the Liver and that vision is the sense most closely related to Liver function. And it is not merely physical visual acuity that is at stake here but rather the whole of the visionary process.
The hours of 1 to 3 am is the dream time, the time for a deeper vision of our life and purpose. For many a college student this is the term paper hour. The parties have finally ended; only the die-hards are still at it. The procrastinators facing imminent deadlines finally have to crank out those last ten pages of content and crunch that last bit of data to present a complete project or paper. The quiet of this time serves to support this most important task.
Key Functions
Planning center, central storehouse
Affirmation
I envision my life with clarity and purpose.
The Liver channel of Foot Jue Yin begins in the big toe and ends in the torso just below the breast. It has been characterized in the classics as the general in charge of the troops, responsible for their conduct. Its primary range of functions is in planning and storage, and it is responsible for myriad functions in body, heartmind, and spirit. As such we find that it is responsible for the smooth and integrated interrelationship of all the energies of our lives. More details of its physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual range of functions are found in the descriptions below.
Key Characteristics of the Functional Range of the
Liver Channel
Physical
At the physical level the liver performs the functions of storing and releasing blood sugars, transmuting nutrient intake into cellular level foods needed by all the systems of the body. Further, the liver creates bile for the breaking down of fats into fuel. It detoxifies the blood and body, taking any toxins that invade the body and converting them to useful material or working to eliminate them from the body. And it does all this in a timely manner.
Due to its important task of fueling the body, liver function is directly related to our stamina and energy supply. It performs the role of storing blood sugars, converting them into cell food, and dispersing that fuel to the body on an as needed basis. Because of the cyclic nature of life and demands, the liver works in a cyclic manner in its management of the body’s energy storehouse.
The liver has long been known as the organ in charge of detoxification. The liver clears toxic matter from the body; an overabundance of intoxicants can damage the liver. The classic Chinese texts correlate the Liver network to the eyes, and indeed we find that various liver conditions such as jaundice present symptoms in the eyes. Tears produced when crying have been found to clear the body of toxins, making crying a vital way for the Liver to detoxify the body.
The Liver is directly involved with masculine potency, as impotence is often a result of fatigue and stress on the Liver. Restoring Liver function plays a vital role in maintaining virility for men.
Psychological, Emotional
Moving beyond the physical level of functioning into the levels of the psychological and emotional realms, we see Liver functioning as the visionary planner. As we mentioned above, the eyes are said to be the sprout of the Liver, but deeper than any physical aspect of vision, the eyes are a metaphor for the vision we hold for our lives and what our lives are about. The Liver is critical in this function, and its health is of utmost importance in supporting the clarity of our vision. A good cry is said to be cleansing to the Liver, and it often happens in relation to those things for which we care most deeply.
Crying is indeed a powerful aid in detoxification, and after cleansing our vision through our tears we can see the path that lies ahead clearly.
With all its many responsibilities to keep the body running, the Liver channel is responsible for the smooth flow of energy throughout the body, a process that manifests in smooth body movements, easy emotions, and a steady, calm attitude when faced with changes or challenges.
Whenever we experience spasticity or sharp and dramatic emotions, it is the Liver calling out for help.
The Liver is often described as the chief executive officer, called upon to always have the answer and know what’s best.
Sometimes its direction can feel controlling, and indeed its job is to keep control though the occasional power play may be involved to keep the upper hand in any situation.
This type of control can often be accompanied by deep ingrained habits, in musculature and in the architecture of mental attitudes. The Liver can manifest as the trustworthy person in control or the control freak subject to falling into addictive tendencies.
Any habit of body or mind that becomes an obsession can be related to Liver energy. And with it can come powerful bursts of emotion, anger, shouting, and screaming that can all be gone with the next breath.
Spiritual
The highest application of a capable Liver is a steady hand on the tiller; wise, knowing, and clear-sighted. The Liver concerns itself spiritually with matters of higher life purpose and spiritual vision.
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1. Great Pile |
8. Spring at the Bend |
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2. Between Columns |
9. Yin Envelope |
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3. Great Rushing |
10. Leg Five Miles |
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4. Middle Seal |
11. Yin Screen |
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5. Shell Groove |
12. Rapid Pulse |
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6. Middle Capital |
13. Camphorwood Gate |
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7. Knee Pass |
14. Gate of the Cycle |
The Liver Channel Trajectory
As Gall Bladder completes its journey, it passes the baton to its yin partner, the Liver. From the fourth toe, the energy of the one meridian crosses over to the top of the big toe where the Liver energy first manifests on the surface of the body. The big toe is the first to test the water, an action illustrative of the Liver’s job in assessing the feasibility of any plan. Along with the second toe, the big toe is also the first part of the body to move ahead and push off into the unknown. As we’ve explored already, the healthier the Liver, the more confident the stride.
From the great toe, the Liver pathway continues up through the valley between the first and second toe where we find Liver 3, Great Rushing. The name elicits a connection to the Liver’s function. The big toe must work very hard to maintain our stability and keep us moving forward. As we rush or surge forward into the world, the big toe leads the way and the Liver is the mastermind behind it all.
After Liver 3 the channel moves up the foot and passes through the ankle’s anterior medial aspect. It travels back to connect with its yin leg meridian partners at Spleen 6, Three Yin Meeting. It then returns to the front, rising along the medial edge of the shin bone until about halfway between the ankle and the knee. Here it travels toward the back of the leg, crossing over the Spleen meridian, finding its line of travel parallel to and between the Spleen and the Kidney meridians. In this most medial position of the leg it crosses the inner knee where we find Liver 8, Spring at the Bend. This name has a beautiful double meaning as both a spring like flowing water and flexibility at the knee joint. Like a tennis player moving back and forth across the court to keep the volley alive, the necessity for springy knees is essential. The Wood element also governs all sinew action, important in joint mobilization in general and in the knee in particular.
The Liver channel then rises up the inner thigh along the adductor muscles and into the groin. Here it traverses the powerful muscles guarding and managing the reproductive zone in all its functions, a quality that speaks to the Liver’s role in fertility. We store the energy necessary to propagate the species and simultaneously maintain the capacity to plan adequately for new members of the human race to be brought into the world.
Passing through the inguinal canal, the channel veers out to the sides where it touches the tip of the twelfth rib at Liver 13, Camphorwood Gate. This point is the alarm point for the Spleen/Pancreas, and its position on the Liver meridian speaks of supporting the right relationship between Wood and Earth.
The ancient proverb reads: “Where the Wood meets the Earth, there rises a thousand pieces of valuable timber.” Camphorwood in particular is a very precious wood that has a value of mythical proportions.
Finally, Liver turns toward the front once more where it finds its ending point in the sixth intercostal space at Liver 14, Gate of the Cycle. This point is directly in line with and just two ribs below the nipple. Its name speaks to the completion of the daily cycle and also speaks to anything in our lives where we need to manifest a feeling of completion. In fact, an alternate name for the point is Completion Gate.
To be able to say that we have realized our vision and achieved our goals having completed each step is a vital aspect to which Liver 14 relates. From here the energy rises to meet the Lung channel and the cycle continues for as long as there is life flowing in the body.