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Scientific Qi Exploration 气 的 科 学 探 索Scientific Qi Exploration Part 3.Horary Cycle Qi Pathways from 3 p.m. to 3 a.m.by Marty Eisen Ph.DThe Meridian pathways of the Qi flow in the HoraryCycle, from 3 p.m. to 3 a.m., is described below.Recall that each Organ and its correspondingMeridian energy is at its peak during a twohour period in the Horary Cycle, and is at its minimumduring the two hour period twelve hourslater.The flow is maximal in Bladder Meridian from 3p.m. to 5 p.m. and then in the Kidney Meridianfrom 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. and so on, flowing in the orderin which the Meridians are described below.11. The Bladder (Foot-Taiyang) Meridian (B)See http://www.acumedico.com/bladder.htmThe Bladder Meridian starts from B1 (Jingming),.1 cun superior to the inner canthus. Ascendingto the forehead, it joins the Du Meridian at Du 20(Baihui) after passing through B 7 (Tongtian) butbefore B 8 (Luoqque). Two branches emergefrom Du 20, on the midline of the head, 5 cunabove the anterior hairline. One runs to the templeand the other enters the brain and emerges tojoin the external Meridian. The external Meridianbifurcates at B 10 (Tianzhu), .5 cun above theposterior hairline (PHL) and 1.3 cun lateral to themidline on the lateral aspect of the trapezius. Thebranches descend along the posterior aspect ofthe neck.One branch runs alongside the medial side of thescapula and parallel to the vertebral columndown the back from B 41 (Fufen) to B 52 (Zhishi)and passes through the gluteal region, meeting G30 (Huantiao) at the junction of the lateral 1/3and medial 2/3 distance between the prominenceof the greater trochanter and the hiatus of the sacrum.It continues down the posterior aspect ofthe thigh to meet the other branch at B 40, at themidpoint of the transverse crease 0f the poplitealfossa.The second branch from B 10 runs parallel to thefirst branch, midway between the first branchand the vertebral column, down the back from B11 (Dazhu) to B 30 (Baihuanshu) in the glutealregion. It then turns upward to reach B 31(Shangliao), then turns down to run through thegluteal region and the posterior thigh. It descendslateral to the first branch and then crossesit, passing through B 39 (Weiyang), medial to thebiceps femoris tendon, and finally meeting thefirst branch at B 40.An internal branch arise from the second externalbranch at B23 (Shenshu) and enters the bodythrough the paravertebral muscles to connectwith the Kidney and join the Bladder, its pertainingOrgan.The external branch from B 40 descends to thecalf, to the posterior aspect of the medial malleolus,and then runs along the tuberosity of the fifthmetatarsal to reach B 67 (Zhiyin), on the lateral50 Yang-Sheng (Nurturing Life) Volume 3, Issue No. 3