The liver, together with the Gallbladder the Element WOOD. The wood element is associated with spring and the color green. The wood element also stands for any beginning
in our lives, whether that is the early morning or we begin a new task. The wood gives us the necessary energy to make a beginning possible in the first place.
In TCM, the 5 elements are assigned properties and also the meridians and organs.
The liver meridian in detail
Course of the liver meridian
The liver meridian begins on the outside of the big toe. There it then runs between the 1st and 2nd metatarsal bones across the top of the foot to the inside of the tibia. After it... Read more now
Liver meridian disorders
- General high muscle tone and stiff joints
- Tendency to impatience and choleric temperament
- Little flexibility and adaptability
- Little drive and assertiveness
- Complaints such as headache, migraine or eye problems
Key points of the meridian
- Lower costal arch (diaphragm)
- Head lateral
- Neck area
- Hip area
Harmony in the liver meridian
- Creativity, imagination, visionary power
- Physically agile and active
- Motivation for further development
- Ability to plan and also implement
- Patient, even when resistance has to be overcome
Meridian Yoga for balance of liver energy
In the following I would like to introduce you to ways in which you yourself can increase your energy and vitality. One way to do this is to balance the meridian energy. You can achieve this with the exercises of Meridian Yoga in a very simple way. The exercises bring you into a state of deep calm and relaxation.
Meridian Yoga
Straddle for the liver meridian
With this meridian yoga exercise for the liver meridian, the whole course is specifically addressed, from the inside of the foot to the costal arch. This gives you the opportunity to feel where you are blocked.
Meridian Yoga
Torso Twist for the Liver Meridian
The exercise Torso Twist builds strength and stamina on the one hand, and on the other, it brings the entire course of the liver meridian into a stretch. In this position you can release a lot of tension.
Wolfgang's Pro Tip
Combine the two movement systems Meridian Yoga and Qi Gong and increase their effect. In the morning, when your body is still a bit stiff, you can start the day with 15 minutes of Meridian Yoga and get the energy you need. In the evening, you can let go of the day with 15 minutes of Qi Gong and thus come to rest again.
Qi Gong for balance of liver energy
Another very elegant and effective way to increase your personal energy comes from TCM. Qi Gong is a millennia-old art of movement, which is one of the 5 pillars of the Chinese medicine forms. The exercises are easy to learn and here I show you my 2 favorite exercises to balance the liver energy.
Qi Gong Exercise
Liver Stretch
This Qi Gong exercise brings your Wood element into balanceThis is done by stretching and balancing the liver meridian on the inside of the leg. Stretching exercises balance your liver energy.
Qi Gong Exercise
Liver twist
This exercise balances your wood element by specifically stretching the liver meridian. This stretch is very well felt on the inside of the legs in the straddled position.
Even more information about meridians and your health condition
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Course of the liver meridian in detail
The liver meridian begins on the outside of the big toe at the nail fold angle. From there, it runs between the 1st and 2nd metatarsal to Lv 02, which is 1/2 cun (1/2 thumb width) in front of the metatarsophalangeal joint. Further it runs in this palpable groove to Lv 03which is located directly behind Lv 02 and is located at the point where the first two metatarsal bones converge. This acupuncture point is often very painful when pressed.
The meridian now runs along the inside of the ankle to the acupuncture point Sp 06 which is located 1 hand width above the inner ankle. Continue up the inside of the lower leg in front of the shinbone edge to the acupuncture point Lv 08. This is located at the end of a fold, which is formed on the inside of the knee when you bend it.
From the knee, the meridian continues upward along the strongest muscle strand (adductor group) on the inner thigh, where it meets the pubic area. It penetrates this and then resurfaces near the edge of the pubic bone, about 2.5 cun outside the midline.
Here it now slowly approaches its end, the organ liver, by running across the abdomen outward toward the lower costal arch, to Le 13, which is at the free end of the 11th rib.
Finally, it moves slightly inward again and ends in the 6th intercostal space directly under the nipple with the acupuncture point Le 14.
