阳跷脉者，起于跟中，循外踝，上行入风池，其为病也，令人阴缓而阳急，两足跷脉，
本少阴之别，合于太阳，其气上行，气并相还，则为濡目，气不营则目不合，男子数其阳，
女子数其阴，当数者为经，不当数者为络也，跷脉长八尺，所发之穴，生于申脉（在外踝下
陷中属足太阳经），以付阳为 （在外踝上三寸），本于仆参（在跟骨下陷中），与足少阳会于
居（在章门下八寸三分），又与手阳明会于肩 及巨骨（肩 在肩端两骨间巨骨在肩端两
叉
间），又与手足太阳阳维会于 俞（在肩 后甲骨上廉），与手足阳明会于地仓（口吻两旁），
又与手足阳明会于巨 （鼻两旁也），又与任脉足阳明会于承泣（目下也），以上为阳跷脉之
所
发，凡二十穴，阳跷脉病者，宜刺之。
阴跷者，亦起于跟中，循内踝上行至咽喉，交贯冲脉，此为病者，令人阳缓而阴急，故
曰跷脉者，少阴之别，别于然骨之后，上内踝之上，直上循阴股入阴，上循胸里，入缺盆，
上出人迎之前，入 属目内 ，合于太阳，女子以之为经，男子以之为络，两足跷脉长八尺，
而阴跷之 在交信（内踝上二寸少阴前太阴后），凡阴跷脉病，治在交信。
冲脉者与任脉，皆起于胞中，上循脊里为经络之海，其浮而外者，循腹上行，会于咽喉
，别而络唇口，故曰冲脉者，起于气冲，并少阴之经，挟脐上行，至胸中而散，此为病令人
逆气里急，在难经则曰并足阳明之经，以穴考之，阳明之经，挟脐左右各二寸而上行少阴之
经，挟脐左右各五分而上，针经所载冲脉与督脉同起于会阴（二阴之间也），其在腹也，行
乎
幽门通谷阴都石关商曲盲俞中注四满气穴大赫横骨，凡二十二穴，皆足少阴之分也，然则冲
脉并足少阴之经明矣。
The Yang Qiao Mai (Yang Heel Vessel) originates from the middle of the heel, follows the lateral malleolus, ascends, and enters the Fengchi (GB20) acupoint. When diseased, it causes flaccidity on the Yin side and spasticity on the Yang side, manifesting as abnormalities in both feet's Qiao vessels.
The Yang Qiao Mai is originally a branch of the Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian, merging with the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian. Its Qi ascends. When Yin and Yang Qi move together and return to each other, they moisten the eyes; if Qi fails to nourish the eyes, the eyelids cannot close. In men, the Yang Qiao is considered the Jing (Main Channel), while in women, the Yin Qiao is the Jing; the one that should be counted is the Jing, and the one not counted is the Luo (Connecting Channel). The Qiao vessel is eight chi long. The acupoints where its Qi emerges originate at Shenmai (BL62, located in the depression below the lateral malleolus, belonging to the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian), pass through Puxuan (BL61, located in the depression below the calcaneus), and ascend to Fuyang (BL59, located three cun above the lateral malleolus). At Juliao (GB33, located 8.3 cun below Zhangmen), it meets the Foot-Shaoyang Gallbladder Meridian. It also meets the Hand-Yangming Large Intestine Meridian at Jianjing (GB21, between the two bones at the shoulder apex) and Jugu (LI16, between the two forks at the shoulder apex). It further meets the Hand and Foot Taiyang Meridians and the Yang Wei Mai at Fenpan (BL43, on the upper border of the scapula posterior to the shoulder). It meets the Hand and Foot Yangming Meridians at Dicang (ST4, on both sides of the mouth corner) and Juliao (ST3, on both sides of the nose). Finally, it meets the Ren Mai and Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian at Chengqi (ST1, below the eye). These are the acupoints emitted by the Yang Qiao Mai, totaling twenty acupoints. For diseases of the Yang Qiao Mai, acupuncture is indicated.
The Yin Qiao Mai also originates from the middle of the heel, follows the medial malleolus, ascends to the throat, and intersects with the Chong Mai. When diseased, it causes spasticity on the Yin side and flaccidity on the Yang side. Thus, the Qiao Mai is described as a branch of the Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian, branching off behind Ran Gu (the first metatarsal bone), ascending above the medial malleolus, moving straight up along the medial thigh into the genital region, continuing upward along the interior of the chest, entering the Quepen area, emerging anterior to the Yingxiang point, entering the inner canthus of the eye, and meeting the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian. In women, the Yin Qiao is the Jing; in men, it is the Luo. Both feet's Yin Qiao vessels are eight chi long. The acupoint for the Yin Qiao Mai is Jiaoxin (KI8, located two cun above the medial malleolus, anterior to the Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian and posterior to the Foot-Taiyin Spleen Meridian). For diseases of the Yin Qiao Mai, treatment should focus on Jiaoxin.
The Chong Mai and Ren Mai both originate in the Baozhong (uterus/mound of flesh), ascend along the interior of the spine, and are referred to as the Sea of the Meridians. The branch that floats outwardly ascends along the abdomen, meets at the throat, and branches to connect with the lips and mouth. Therefore, it is said that the Chong Mai originates at Qichong (ST30), runs parallel with the Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian, flanks the umbilicus upwards, and disperses upon reaching the chest. The Nan Jing states it runs parallel with the Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian. However, based on acupoint verification, the Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian runs two cun lateral to the umbilicus on both sides, whereas the Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian runs five fen lateral to the umbilicus on both sides. The Zhen Jing records that the Chong Mai and Du Mai both originate at Huiyin (CV1, between the two yins). In the abdomen, the Chong Mai traverses the acupoints Youmen, Tonggu, Yindu, Shiguan, Shangqu, Mangshu, Zhongzhu, Siman, Qixue, Dahe, and Henggu, totaling twenty-two acupoints, all belonging to the distribution of the Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian. Thus, it is clear that the Chong Mai runs parallel with the Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian.