Thymus
General Characteristics
| Organ / Meridian Muscle Group | General Bodily Area | Associated Tissue / Functioning | Associated Bodily System |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thymus (TH) | Shoulders, Neck, & Top of Arms | Lymph Nodes | Internal Immune |
- Meridian Muscle Group (MMG) Information
- Kinetic Movement Pattern
- Pushing Upward
Associated Ailments
- Associated Physical Concerns
- Wrist, hand, dowagers hump, low back pain
- Associated Injuries
- Upper back, stiff neck, head injuries
- Physiological Concerns
- Internal immune disorders, swollen lymph nodes, tonsillitis, lower and upper body disconnect, eating disorders, general ill health, viruses
- Associated Illness and Disease
- Spleen problems
- Psychological Concerns
- Mentacidal (brainwashing)
Thymus Muscles
The following is a list of muscles associated with the Thymus meridian. Note that specific muscles are concomitant with specific meridians while some muscles are associated with several meridians. It is especially important to note that this list was created from: the exact muscles that acupuncture needles puncture through to access individual meridian points; muscles that are along the meridian pathways; muscle group agonist and antagonists; stretching experiences; trigger point theory and practice; muscle synergists.
- Major Muscle Groups
- Lateral deltoid, upper trapezius, supraspinatus, triceps brachii, wrist and finger extensors,infraspinatus
- Associated Muscle Groups
- Temporalis
Thymus(TAR.) and Appendix(BAL.) Meridian Muscle Groups
Thymus Meridian
Thymus and Appendix Meridians
Meridian Muscle Group Relationships
These are the balancing, opposing, and completing meridian muscle groups for the Thymusmeridian muscle group (MMG).
| Balancing | Opposing (Superficial) | Opposing (True) | Completing |
|---|---|---|---|
- Visualizing Your Muscle Groups
- There are a large number of muscles in your body. Is there a way to think about them or visualize them in a way that makes them easy to understand? Of course. Here’s how.Think of your body as eight cylindrical tubes, four stacked on top of each other, or sixteen half tubes. In your lower and upper body, there are tubes on the front, back, outside, inside and on the four angles in between. Each of those eight cylindrical tubes contain muscles in groups that go from your feet into your trunk and head, or from your arms into your face or trunk. Well, it just so happens that each of those tubes is also exactly where the meridians are in TCM! So each major muscle group is concomitant with one meridian in TCM.
- Balancing Muscle Group
- Balancing muscles are located directly through the bone across from each other and have opposite directions of action. In Western anatomy, these same muscles are called agonist and antagonist of one another. Because the sixteen meridian muscle groups balance as eight pairs of muscle groups, they are called Balancing Meridian Muscle Groups. The balancing muscles are dependent on each other to make possible maximum shortening and lengthening movements, because as one side of the body shortens the other lengthens. But because both the strengthening and stretching of any muscle depends on the flexibility of its balancing muscle, the balancing muscle group is always the determining factor in developing the strength and flexibility of the muscle (assuming there is no unusual damage to the muscle group you are trying to strengthen or stretch).The stretch length of the Thymus MMG is limited by its balancing muscle group's ability to shorten (Appendix). Stretching the balancing muscle group increases its ability to both shorten and lengthen.The target muscle group (Thymus) will stretch more successfully after the balancing muscle group has been stretched. If you still are not making optimal flexibility gains in the Thymus MMG, you will need to stretch and strengthen the superficial opposing muscle group (Heart).
- Aspect of Body
Upper
Body - Opposing Muscle Group
- The muscles that are perpendicular to one another are called opposing muscle groups (to be distinguished from balancing muscle groups that are located directly through the bone across from each other and have opposite directions of action). The action of opposing muscle groups is surprising. Their level of strength and flexibility govern the proper rotation of the muscle group that you are stretching. If your target muscle being stretched (Thymus) does not increase in flexibility by stretching its balancing muscle group (Appendix), then you'll need to stretch the opposing muscle groups.
- Completing Muscle Group
- Completing muscle groups are the 'top' for lower body muscle groups and the 'bottom' for upper body muscle groups. The Thymus MMG traverses the lateral aspect of the legs and its completing MMG, Gall Bladder, traverses the lateral aspect of the arms.
- Target MMG
Upper
Body - Energy Flow Trellis
- In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), energy flows from one meridian muscle pathway to the next in a very specific order. In TCM this order is called the 'energy cycle'. This order is determined by the depth of the muscles in the body and begins with the muscles associated with the gall bladder, with the next always being its balancing muscle group, in this case liver, and then on through all the rest. The cycle always includes two lower body, then two upper body meridian muscle groups, and then repeats two more of each. Ultimately all 16 have been completed.In the energy trellis diagram, the horizontal pairs are balancing organs in Traditional Chinese Medicine, and they are also balancing muscle groups. The diagram also houses other secrets about the interrelationships of muscles, organs, and personalities. The stretches directly above and below each other are completing meridian muscle groups, the same muscle groups above and below in your body. The stretches diagonal from each other aresuperficial opposing meridian muscle groups. The superficial opposing muscle group's completing muscle group is the true opposing muscle group.
Thymus Personality Type
The Genius of Healing and Forgiveness
High and Low Personality Traits
| High Psychological Traits | Low Psychological Traits |
|---|---|
| Good Health HabitsHealthy diet and exercise, healing, forgiving, hospitable, myth personifying | BrainwashingTroubled, diseased, angst ridden, demanding, eating disorders, destruction of property |
| High Emotional Traits | Low Emotional Traits |
|---|---|
| HospitableI welcome everyone. | IsolatedI am a castle unto myself. |
| High Spiritual Traits | Low Spiritual Traits |
|---|---|
| Sisterhood-BrotherhoodI am forgiving. | Self-ServingI am envious. |
Personality Group: Physical
| Instinct | Time Reference | Awareness | Function |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anger / Love | Present | Awake / Asleep | Active Function |
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