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CHANNELS INFLUENCING THE GENITALIA

The genitals are related primarily to the Liver and Kidney channels and to the Directing, Penetrating and Governing Vessels. The Liver Connecting channel, in particular, loops around the genitalia. Although the influence of the Directing Vessel on the genitalia is obvious, that of the Governing Vessel is often overlooked.

The ‘Simple Questions’ (Chapter 60) describes an anterior branch of the Governing Vessel that flows to the external genitalia both in men and women, and to the pubic bone and from here ascends up the abdomen on the same trajectory as the Directing Vessel (Fig. 17.1 right).¹

The pathways of the channels flowing through the genitalia are as follows (Fig. 17.1):

(For a more detailed description of the patterns involved in the above genitalia signs, see Part 5, Chapters 75 and 89.)