Every part of the musculoskeletal system is related to a main meridian and its associated sub-meridians. Via the main channel, every part of the body associated with a given internal Organ can be affected by imbalance in that Organ. Knowing the pathway of the channels, we can make connections in symptoms as diverse as itchy eyes, occipital headaches, lumbar pain and spasms in the gastrocnemius. It has long been noted in western biomedicine that in the case of myocardial infarction, the pain often travels along this channel.

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Jing Luo (Channels and Collaterals | Meridians and Sub-Meridians)
He trained in primary care internal medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital. His research focuses on prescription drug use, pricing, and policy, especially for medicines treating chronic diseases such as diabetes. Implementation of a health plan program for switching from analogue to human insulin and glycemic control among Medicare beneficiaries with type 2 diabetes. This study evaluated a health plan intervention switching older Medicare beneficiaries with type 2 diabetes from more costly, designer insulins to less expensive human insulins; showing that the intervention was not associated with a significant increase risk of hypoglycemia but resulted in a lower risk of reaching the Part D coverage gap donut hole. Insulin for all: treatment activism and the global diabetes crisis. Lancet London, England. Medicaid expenditures and estimated rebates for epinephrine autoinjectors, to Comparative effectiveness and safety of thalidomide and lenalidomide in patients with multiple myeloma in the United States of America: a population-based cohort study. European Journal of Cancer.
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A similar debate also exists with the Luo Vessels. Certain traditions speak of the Luo Vessels as physiological channels involved with blood circulation. Other traditions see them only as pathological channels that maintain latency. Debates also exist about progression within the Luo Vessels. Chapter 10 of the Ling Shu presents the Luo Vessels as traveling from the yin and yang arm vessels into the yang and yin leg vessels, suggesting Luo Vessel pathology begins in the chest and moves to the shoulders and head, before moving into the abdomen, lumbus and genitals. Later theories expanded the understanding of Luo Vessels, differentiating those that externalize as "Longitudinal Luo ," and those that internalize as "Transverse Luo. Still another theory discusses Luo Vessels in relation to psycho-social development. This theory utilizes Confucian philosophy to describe early childhood development, represented by the Primary Channels. Luo Vessels are seen as disturbances to normal development. Within this theory, development and progression follow the Primary Channel elemental sequence.