任脉二十四穴行腹与胸，会阴始兮曲骨从，中极关元石门可通，气海阴交神阙水分。下脘建里兮，中脘上脘；巨阙
鸠尾兮，中庭膻中。玉堂上紫宫华盖，璇玑上天突之尊，饮彼廉泉，承浆味融。
任脉会阴两阴间，曲骨毛际陷中安，中极脐下四寸取，关元脐下三寸连。脐下二寸名石门，脐下寸半气海全，脐下
一寸阴交穴，脐之中央即神阙。脐上一寸为水分，脐上二寸下脘列。脐上三寸名建里，脐上四寸中脘许，脐上五寸上脘
在，巨阙脐上六寸五。鸠尾蔽骨下五分，中庭膻下六寸取，膻中却在两乳间，膻上寸六玉堂主，膻上紫宫三寸二，膻上
华盖四八举（四寸八分）。膻上璇玑五寸入，玑上一寸天突起，天突喉下约四寸，廉泉颔下骨尖已，承浆颐前唇棱下，任
脉中央行腹里。
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督者，都也，行背部之中行，为阳脉之都纲，乃奇经八脉之一也。
其见证也，脊强而腰厥。
其脉起于下极之所，循长强并脊里而上行，历腰俞、阳关、命门、悬枢、脊中、中枢、筋束、至阳、灵台、神
道、身柱，过足太阳之风门，循陶道、大椎、哑门，至风府入脑，循脑户、强间、后顶上巅，至百会、前顶、囟会、上
星、神庭，循额至鼻柱，历素 、水沟、兑端，至龈交而终；其支者，起于小腹之下骨中央，女子入系庭孔之端，其细
络循阴器，合篡间，绕篡后，别绕臀，至少阴与太阳中路，合上股内后廉，贯脊属肾。与足太阳起目内 ，上额交
巅，入络脑，还出别下项，循肩脖内，挟脊抵腰中，入循膂络肾，其男子循茎下至篡，与女子等，其小腹直上者，贯脐
中央，上贯心，入喉上颐，环唇，上系两目之中。
任脉共有二十四个穴位，分布于腹部和胸部。从会阴穴开始，接着是曲骨穴，中极、关元、石门穴可以相通，气海、阴交、神阙、水分穴依次排列。下脘、建里穴，以及中脘、上脘穴；巨阙穴、鸠尾穴，还有中庭穴、膻中穴。玉堂穴、紫宫穴、华盖穴，璇玑穴位于天突穴之上，饮用廉泉穴之水，承浆穴处滋味融合。
任脉的会阴穴位于两阴之间，曲骨穴在阴毛边缘的凹陷处，中极穴在脐下四寸处取定，关元穴在脐下三寸处相连。脐下二寸名为石门穴，脐下一寸半为气海穴，脐下一寸为阴交穴，脐部中央即为神阙穴。脐上一寸为水分穴，脐上二寸为下脘穴。脐上三寸名为建里穴，脐上四寸为中脘穴，脐上五寸为上脘穴，巨阙穴在脐上六寸五分处。鸠尾穴在剑突下五分处，中庭穴在膻中穴下六寸处取定，膻中穴却在两乳之间，膻中穴上一寸六分为玉堂穴主事，膻中穴上三寸二分是紫宫穴，膻中穴上四寸八分举起（即华盖穴）。膻中穴上五寸入璇玑穴，璇玑穴上一寸天突穴突起，天突穴在喉结下方约四寸处，廉泉穴在下颌骨尖处，承浆穴在下巴前唇棱下方，任脉在腹部中央行走。
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“督”字意为统率，督脉行于背部正中，是阳脉的总纲，属于奇经八脉之一。
它出现的证候表现为脊柱僵硬且腰部厥冷。
它的脉气起于最下端（胞中），沿着长强穴并沿脊柱内部上行，经过腰俞、阳关、命门、悬枢、脊中、中枢、筋缩、至阳、灵台、神道、身柱穴，经过足太阳膀胱经的风门穴，沿着陶道、大椎、哑门穴，到达风府穴进入脑部，沿着脑户、强间、后顶穴直达头顶百会穴，经过前顶、囟会、上星、神庭穴，沿着额头到鼻柱，经过素髎、水沟、兑端穴，到达龈交穴而终止；它的支脉，起于小腹下方的骨中央，女子进入系连阴道孔道的末端，其细小的络脉沿着生殖器，汇合于会阴部，环绕会阴后方，另外环绕臀部，至少阴经与太阳经的中途，汇合于大腿内侧后缘，贯穿脊柱归属于肾。它与足太阳膀胱经起于目内眦，上行额部交会于头顶，入络于脑，复出分别下行项部，沿着肩膊内侧，夹着脊柱抵达腰部中间，进入沿着脊里络属肾脏，男子沿着阴茎下行至会阴，与女子相同，其直行从小腹向上者，贯穿脐中央，向上贯穿心脏，进入喉咙，上达颐部，环绕嘴唇，向上系连两眼之中。
The Ren Mai (Conception Vessel) has twenty-four acupoints, distributed along the abdomen and chest. Starting from Huiyin (CV1), followed by Qugu (CV2); Zhongji (CV3), Guanyuan (CV4), and Shimen (CV5) are accessible; Qihai (CV6), Yinjiao (CV7), Shenque (CV8), and Shuifen (CV9). Xiawan (CV10) and Jianli (CV11), as well as Zhongwan (CV12) and Shangwan (CV13); Juque (CV14) and Jiutui (CV15), along with Zhongting (CV16) and Danzhong (CV17). Yutang (CV18), Zigong (CV19), and Huagai (CV20); Xuanji (CV21) is located above Tiantu (CV22), drinking from Lianquan (CV23), and Chengjiang (CV24) blends the flavor.
Huiyin of the Ren Mai is located between the two yin organs; Qugu is secured in the depression at the pubic hairline; Zhongji is taken four cun below the umbilicus; Guanyuan connects three cun below the umbilicus. Two cun below the umbilicus is named Shimen; one and a half cun below the umbilicus completes Qihai; one cun below the umbilicus is the Yinjiao point; the center of the umbilicus is Shenque. One cun above the umbilicus is Shuifen; two cun above the umbilicus lists Xiawan. Three cun above the umbilicus is named Jianli; four cun above the umbilicus is Zhongwan; five cun above the umbilicus is Shangwan; Juque is six cun and five fen above the umbilicus. Jiutui is five fen below the xiphoid process; Zhongting is taken six cun below Danzhong; Danzhong is indeed between the two breasts; Yutang governs one cun and six fen above Danzhong; Zigong is three cun and two fen above Danzhong; Huagai is raised four cun and eight fen above Danzhong. Xuanji enters five cun above Danzhong; Tiantu protrudes one cun above Xuanji; Tiantu is approximately four cun below the laryngeal prominence; Lianquan is at the tip of the hyoid bone under the chin; Chengjiang is below the lip ridge on the front of the chin; the Ren Mai travels centrally within the abdomen.
[Image: Du Mai Diagram]
"Du" means to command or direct; the Du Mai (Governing Vessel) runs along the midline of the back and serves as the chief guideline for all Yang meridians; it is one of the Eight Extraordinary Vessels.
Its manifestations include stiffness of the spine and coldness/numbness of the lower back.
Its pulse originates from the lowest part (the uterus/cyst), ascends along Changqiang (GV1) inside the spine, passing through Yaoshu (GV2), Yangguan (GV3), Mingmen (GV4), Xuanxu (GV5), Jizhong (GV6), Zhongshu (GV7), Jinsuo (GV8), Zhiyang (GV9), Lingtai (GV10), Shendao (GV11), Shenzhu (GV12), passing through Fengmen (BL12) of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian, following Taodao (GV13), Dazhui (GV14), and Yamen (GV15), reaching Fengfu (GV16) to enter the brain, following Naohu (GV17), Qiangjian (GV18), and Houding (GV19) to the vertex Baihui (GV20), passing through Qianding (GV21), Xinhui (GV22), Shangxing (GV23), and Shenting (GV24), following the forehead to the nasal bridge, passing through Suliao (GV25), Shuigou (GV26), Duanduan (GV27), ending at Yinjiao (GV28); its branch originates from the central bone below the lower abdomen, entering the terminal end of the vaginal opening in women; its fine collaterals follow the genitalia, converge at the perineum, circle behind the perineum, separately circle the buttocks, reach the midpoint between Shaoyin and Taiyang, converge at the posterior medial aspect of the thigh, penetrate the spine and attach to the Kidney. It starts with the Foot-Taiyang at the inner canthus of the eye, ascends to the forehead, crosses the vertex, enters the brain, emerges again descending separately down the neck, follows the shoulder blade interior, flanking the spine to reach the middle of the waist, enters along the paraspinal muscles to connect with the Kidney; in men, it follows the penis down to the perineum, equal to women; the straight branch rising from the lower abdomen penetrates the center of the umbilicus, ascends through the heart, enters the throat, reaches the chin, circles the lips, and ascends to connect between the eyes.