Category: Eight Exceptional Vessels Q&A

Yin Wei Mai The Exceptional Vessels are complex in nature. For the purpose of practicing Qigong, you do not need to understand every single function and connection, so I have put together this simplified description. More often than not, these Vessels are described in a similar fashion to the Meridians in that they are drawn as lines (channels) through the body connected, in a linear manner, to their associated Meridian points.  However, there is a major problem with this as only two of the Vessels (Ren Mai and Du Mai) have discrete meridian points. The Vessels are more akin to

Yin Qiao Mai The Exceptional Vessels are complex in nature. For the purpose of practicing Qigong, you do not need to understand every single function and connection, so I have put together this simplified description. More often than not, these Vessels are described in a similar fashion to the Meridians in that they are drawn as lines (channels) through the body connected, in a linear manner, to their associated Meridian points.  However, there is a major problem with this as only two of the Vessels (Ren Mai and Du Mai) have discrete meridian points. The Vessels are more akin to

Yang Wei Mai The Exceptional Vessels are complex in nature. For the purpose of practicing Qigong, you do not need to understand every single function and connection, so I have put together this simplified description. More often than not, these Vessels are described in a similar fashion to the Meridians in that they are drawn as lines (channels) through the body connected, in a linear manner, to their associated Meridian points.  However, there is a major problem with this as only two of the Vessels (Ren Mai and Du Mai) have discrete meridian points. The Vessels are more akin to

Yang Qiao Mai The Exceptional Vessels are complex in nature. For the purpose of practicing Qigong, you do not need to understand every single function and connection, so I have put together this simplified description. More often than not, these Vessels are described in a similar fashion to the Meridians in that they are drawn as lines (channels) through the body connected, in a linear manner, to their associated Meridian points.  However, there is a major problem with this as only two of the Vessels (Ren Mai and Du Mai) have discrete meridian points. The Vessels are more akin to