This point corresponds to LI-1

Names

• Metal Yang
• Yang Separation

Translation

1. Shang yang, 商肠 "Metal Yang"

• Shang 商: Express the deepest feelings. Give advice, consult the oracle.
• Yang 肠 : The Yang principle.

2. Jue Yang, 绝陽 "Yang Separation"

• Jue 绝: cut a thread into pieces; cease, leave or renounce; cut or destroy; to break or interrupt; extreme or absolute.

Comments

This point is composed of two characters: 商肠.

The first one, Shang 商, expresses two ideas, that of Metal and that of advising or being advised; The second, 肠 (Yang), refers to what is Yang. This name can mean "Metal Yang".

At a first level, the word Shang is the key for Metal and for this reason this cavity is translated as "Metal Yang", that is, the Yang aspect of the Metal phase.

Second, as a well point of the Large Intestine Channel, a separation process is carried out similar to that carried out in the Lung channel. This is the place where the exchange of Qi is carried out from a Yin zone to a Yang zone.

An alternative name for this point is Jue Yang, meaning the "Yang Separation". This name is directly related to the previously described function of separation of Yin and Yang Qi.