SYMPTOMS

  • Tension on the muscle of the little toe
  • Swelling and pain in the heel
  • Dorsal tract straightening
  • Occipital rigidityInability to lift shoulders
  • Pain that extends from the armpit to the supraclavicular fossa (St 12)
  • Inability to rotate the head

Pathway

The Meridian follows this pathway:

  • BL 67 (Reaching Yin)
  • BL 64 (Capital Bone)
  • BL 61 (Servant’s Respect)
  • GB 40 (Mound of Ruins)
  • BL 58 (Soaring Upward)
  • BL 57 (Supporting Mountain)
  • GB 34 (Yang Mound Spring)
  • BL 39 (Outside of the Crook)
  • BL 40 (Middle of the Crook)
  • BL 37 (Gate of Abundance)
  • BL 30 (White Ring Shu)
  • BL 26 (Gate of Origin Shu)
  • BL 22 (Sanjiao Shu (Triple Heater))
  • BL 12 (Wind Gate)
  • BL 10 (Heavenly Pillar)
  • BL 09 (Jade Pillow)
  • BL 04 (Crooked Curve)
  • BL 02 (Gathered Bamboo)
  • LI 15 (Shoulder Bone)
  • ST 12 (Empty Basin)
  • GB 12 (Mastoid Process)
  • SI 18 (Ceekbone Crevice)
  • ST 03 (Great Crevice)
  • ST 02 (Four Whites)
  • BL 01 (Bright Eyes)

Features

These muscles are associated with the pathway and functions of the meridian:

MUSCLES OF THE FOOT

  • Plantaris
  • Flexor Digitorum Brevis – Foot
  • Flexor Digitorum Longus – Foot 
  • Abductor Digiti Minimi – Foot

MUSCLES OF THE LEG

  • Soleus 
  • Gastrocnemius 
  • Peroneus Longus (Fibularis Longus) 
  • Peroneus Tertius 
  • Peroneus Brevis (Fibularis Brevis) 
  • Tibialis Posterior 
  • Popliteus 

MUSCLES OF THE THIGH

  • Semimembranosus 
  • Semitendinosus 
  • Biceps Femoris 
  • Adductor Magnus 

MUSCLES OF THE PELVIS

  • Gluteus Maximus 
  • Gluteus Medius
  • Gluteus Minimus
  • Quadratus Femoris
  • Obturator Internus 
  • Obturator externus 
  • Piriformis

MUSCLES OF THE SPINE

  • Latissimus Dorsi
  • Trapezius
  • Anterior Serratus
  • Serratus Posterior Inferior
  • lIiocostalis Lumborum
  • lIiocostalis Thoracis
  • Longissimus Thoracis – Longissimus Lumborum
  • Multifidus
  • Medial Intertransversarii (Lumbar)
  • Interspinales – Lumbar Part
  • Semispinalis Thoracis

MUSCLES OF THE POSTERIOR ASPECT OF THE NECK

  • lIiocostalis Cervicis
  • Longissimus Capitis – Trachelomastoid Muscle
  • Longissimus Cervicis – Transversalis Cervicis
  • Semispinalis Cervicis
  • Semispinalis Capitis
  • Splenius Cervicis
  • Splenius Capitis
  • Spinalis Cervicis
  • Interspinales – Cervical Part
  • Rectus Capitis Posterior Minor
  • Rectus Capitis Posterior Major
  • Obliquus Capitis Superior

MUSCLES OF THE LATERAL & ANTERIOR ASPECT OF THE NECK

  • Sternocleidomastoid
  • Platysma
  • Omohyoid 
  • Scalenus Anterior
  • Scalenus Medius
  • Scalenus Posterior

MUSCLES OF THE POSTERIOR ASPECT OF THE SHOULDER

  • Infraspinatus
  • Teres Major
  • Teres Minor

MUSCLES OF THE ANTERIOR ASPECT OF THE SHOULDER

  • Subclavius
  • Pectoralis Major – Sternal Head 
  • Pectoralis Major – Clavicular head 
  • Pectoralis Minor 
  • Anterior Serratus 

MUSCLES OF THE FACE

  • Corrugator Supercilii
  • Procerus 
  • Nasalis
  • Levator Labii Superioris 
  • Levator Labii Superioris Alaeque Nasi
  • Zygomatic Major 
  • Zygomatic Minor
  • Levator Anguli Oris
  • Buccinator 
  • Risorius

MUSCLES OF THE EYE

  • Orbicularis Oculi
  • Medial Rectus Oculi