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Classic of Difficult Issues: Channels and Collaterals

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Chapter 26

The channels and collaterals consist of twelve regular channels and fifteen connecting collaterals. What are the three additional connecting collaterals?

Answer: There are the yang collateral, the yin collateral, and the major collateral of the spleen. The yang collateral is the collateral of the yang motility vessel; the yin collateral is the collateral of the yin motility vessel. Hence, the connecting collaterals total fifteen.