絡,有網絡的含義,絡脈是經脈別出的分支,較經脈細小,縱橫交錯,遍布全身!鹅`樞·脈度》說:“經脈為里,支而橫者為絡,絡之別者為孫!苯j脈有十五絡脈、浮絡、孫絡等。
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The branches of meridians are called collaterals which imply the networks, thinner and smaller than meridians, run crisscrossly over the body. The chapter, Discussion on the Measurement of Meridians(Chapter 17)in Miraculous Pivot says: "The meridians are internal trunks, its transversing branches are collaterals, the subdivisions of collaterals are minute collaterals."The collaterals consists of the Fifteen Collaterals,the Superficial Collaterals,and the Minute Collaterals.
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