Nomenclature for Meridians

Over the years there have been numerous attempts to standardise on the naming of the acupoints and pathways of the meridian system. For your convenience we list a correlation table that covers the major texts and charts that we have examined. Our own charts conform to the current standard published by the WHO Committee for Harmonization of Traditional Oriental Medicine .

Items in this colour conform to WHO standard
Meridian	WHO	Qiu Mao-Liang	Deadman	Masunaga	Beresford-Cooke
Lung	LU	Lu	LU	LU	Lu
Large Intestine	LI	L.I.	L.I.	LI	LI
Spleen	SP	Sp	SP	SP	Sp
Stomach	ST	St	ST	ST	St
Heart	HT	H	HE	HT	Ht
Small Intestine	SI	SI	SI	SI	SI
Kidney	KI	K	KID	KI	Ki
Bladder	BL	UB	BL	BL	BL
Pericardium / Heart Constrictor / Heart Protector	PC	P	P	HC	HP
Triple Warmer / Triple Heater / SanJiao	TE	SJ	SJ	TH	TH
Liver	LR	Liv	LIV	LV	Liv
Gall Bladder	GB	GB	GB	GB	GB
Conception Vessel	CV	REN	REN	CV	CV
Governing Vessel	GV	DU	DU	GV	GV

References

World Health Organization: Standard Acupuncture Nomenclature, 1993, 2nd ed

Qiu Mao-Liang: Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion, 1993

Deadman, Peter et al: A Manual of Acupuncture, CD-ROM 2001

Masunaga, Shizuto: Zen Shiatsu: How to Harmonize Yin and Yang for Better Health, 1970, pge38

Beresford-Cooke,Carola: Shiatsu Theory and Practice, 1996 1st ed.

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