triple warmer

plural triple warmers

1. ChinesetraditionalmedicineOne of the twelve main meridians in the body, which can be treated with acupuncture, moxibustion, or cupping.

   Your body cannot possibly fight or even distinguish among all it encounters, and the job of triple warmer has become daunting.

   2013, Donna Eden, John Feinstein, Energy Medicine, →ISBN

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   The moving qi between the kidneys starts at qi hai; the triple warmer meridian receives it and sends it up to the head and into the brain.

   1988, Kiiko Matsumoto, Stephen Birch, Hara Diagnosis: Reflections on the Sea, →ISBN, page 118

   She adds that triple warmer “is governed by the hypothalamus gland, the body's thermostat and the instigator of the fightorflight response.”

   2014, Lauren Walker, Energy Medicine Yoga: Amplify the Healing Power of Your Yoga Practice, →ISBN

   The range of treatment of the San Jiao points include diseases of the sides of the head, ears, eyes, throat, chest, and hypochondrium and triple warmers; and febrile diseases and other illnesses along the traveling course of the meridian.

   2014, Stevenson Xutian, Shusheng Tai, Chun-Su Yuan, Handbook of Traditional Chinese Medicine, →ISBN, page 380

   Synonyms: triple energizer, triple burner