One of twelve vital organs and pathways or channels of Chinese medicine that run along the body and in which Qi travels through. They include the liver, gallbladder, heart, small intestine, spleen, stomach, lungs, large intestine, kidney, bladder, pericardium and triple burner (or san-jiao). The heart meridian, includes not only the physical heart but blood and circulation throughout the body and the heart’s interrelationship with all the other organ systems.
