Healing Our Triple Burner To Power Inspiration And Harmony

Our Acupuncture channels provide answers to critical questions about natural cycles and the body/ mind link. In this guided insight meditation, we connect to our Triple Burner channel.

In Chinese medicine, The Triple Burner (our Red Dragon Archetype) represents vitality, transformation, and mastery. He can repair and restore peace and harmony back into our life, which helps us reclaim our power. Our Triple Burner (unique to Chinese medicine) is the guardian of our treasure and will encourage us to rekindle our soul’s fire.

As brother to the Heart Protector, he is fundamental to managing our constitutions and how it reacts depending on stimuli and experiences of life. It is our Triple Burner that allows us to find our own unique essence, our sense of life and then be able to authentically express ourselves in our own individual ways.

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In the classics of Chinese medicine,

The triple burner,

Or san jiao,

Refers to the three regions of the body that regulate the flow of qi,

Our vital energy,

And our fluids to harmonize mind,

Body,

And soul.

Although not an organ in the Western sense,

His work is a bridge between the outer world and our inner body.

Our triple burner,

Together with his big sister heart protector,

Embody our fire functions,

Empowering intimate relationships and social connections.

Together,

They carry out the will of our heart by transporting the refined substances throughout the body to nourish and protect it.

As he transforms,

Like wood to ashes,

His essence is one of receiving,

In the sense of taking in and holding in our center,

The catalyst to our inspiration.

We house three burning spaces,

Or three regions of the body.

The upper burner,

Associated with our heart and lungs,

Seen as the residence of our spirit,

Is our seat of consciousness and the source of our emotions and thoughts.

Balancing our upper burner is essential for maintaining mental clarity and emotional stability.

Our middle burner is our digestive organs and is responsible for the transformation and transportation of food and fluids.

It can be associated with the emotions of worry and pensiveness.

A harmonious middle burner leads to our healthy digestion and emotional well-being.

Lastly,

Our lower burner governs the elimination of wastes and the production of our energy.

This burner is associated with our kidneys and bladder and is the root of our physical vitality and willpower.

Balancing our lower burner is essential for maintaining our physical strength and resilience.

Together,

Our three burning spaces are a vital system for maintaining the harmony of our mind,

Body and spirit.

By nurturing and balancing our triple burner,

We can cultivate a sense of well-being and connectedness to ourselves and the world around us.

Our triple burner corresponds to the second or sacral chakra in the lower abdomen,

With close links to the third,

Our solar plexus,

And the fourth,

Our heart chakras.

We can amplify healing and promote balance by placing healing crystals that resonate with the energy centres of this meridian onto our chakras,

Whichever one resonates for you.

Blue Lace Agate is a soothing and calming crystal that can help balance the water element in our body,

Regulating fluid metabolism and circulation.

Aquamarine is a stone of courage and communication,

Which can help facilitate the flow of our energy by calming emotions and promoting emotional balance.

Our triple burner is represented by our red dragon.

This archetype symbolises our power,

Strength and transformation.

He is a symbol of fierce energy and vitality and gives us the ability to overcome obstacles and challenges.

He inspires us to face our fears and take on challenges with confidence.

He is also our powerful guardian spirit,

Protecting and guiding our humanness.

So find a quiet place,

Sit or lay down,

Uncross your legs and allow your spine to go soft.

And let's first begin with four deep cleansing breaths to supplement our triple burner chi.

Soften your eyes behind your eyelids or gaze.

Soften your jaw and allow your tongue to go loose in the palate.

Lower your chin onto your chest and feel the neck elongate up into the back of the skull.

Feel the weight of your neck soften.

Feel your shoulders drop,

Shoulder blades widen and the top of your spine become softer and heavier.

Put your attention on the palms of your hands.

Feel them soften and become heavier.

Put your attention on the soles of your feet.

Feel them soften and become heavier.

Visualize your red dragon behind your chakra.

Notice him gently and gracefully exiting and coming to rest beside you.

His leadership and authority will guide us through this channel,

Supporting us to take charge of our lives and assert ourselves in a positive way.

Feel his presence next to you,

His skin,

Hear his breath or perhaps even notice his smell.

Paired with his sister heart protector,

Whose channel runs along the inner surface of the arm to empower the warmth of embrace,

Our triple burner channel runs along the outer arm.

In this way,

He is exposed when we are closed or taking on a defensive posture.

We will begin at the outer edge of the nail bed of the ring finger,

Across the back of the hands,

Travel up the outer arms,

Cross the shoulder,

Up into the neck,

Behind the ears and end beside each eyebrow.

23 points from finger to eyebrow.

Visualize your red dragon.

He will encourage you to be more aware of your innermost thoughts and feelings.

And his intuition will help as he slowly accompanies you along your triple burner channel.

He may pause or rest at each point,

Allowing our fire energy to nourish us in the process of life.

So we begin on the tips of our ring fingers,

Triple burner one rushing the frontier gate.

This point helps maintain the balance of metal and fire in us and as a frontier is also a boundary.

Here we metaphorically have a wall that protects us from the outside threats.

We begin to sense and receive what is of quality,

Value and inspiration.

It eliminates the waste from within us and admits nothing except what is pure,

Good and aligned with our spirit.

This place on the tip of our ring finger frees our instinctual gate,

Opening when needed and closing as appropriate.

At the base of the ring finger is triple burner two,

Fluid secretion gate.

As a water point on a fire channel,

This second successive gate allows fluid secretions to flow smoothly,

Appropriately and at just the right temperature.

Too much water will put our fire out.

Too little will let it blaze uncontrollably.

This gate controls the flow.

Our hearts hate heat,

Palpitations,

Vexation and fright.

So warmth needs to reach every corner of our body,

Mind and spirit in precise amounts.

Not too hot or too cold.

When this gate is operating properly,

We interact with safety,

Harmony,

Calmness and security.

Triple burner three,

Middle eyelet,

Is a place on the back of our hands that serves as the fuel for our fire,

Supplying hope and vision toward the horizon.

This point is akin to taking wood from the woodpile and placing just the right amount on the fire,

Which might be running low,

Thus fuelling our fire,

Our vitality and joy,

And then sustaining it at just the right temperature to stabilise and strengthen our spirit.

On the back of the wrist is triple burner four,

Yang pond.

All the amazing and mysterious workings of the triple burner can be activated here.

The ability to manage all the other officials and meridians,

Keeping them temperate and united.

Here is the source point of all source points.

A magical and powerful point to recharge,

Nourish and let our red dragon rest for a while.

Two finger widths up from the wrist on the back of the forearm is triple burner five,

Outer frontier gate.

This is a special place and the third gate to regulate what comes in from the outside to reach our inside.

Our perfect negotiator and mentor to regulate us to achieve the utmost balance and harmony.

It is here we can vent excessive heat and stagnation to the exterior,

Help release emotional blockages,

Bring clarity and perspective to difficult situations and smooth relations with our exterior worlds,

And in doing so,

Regulating our inner worlds by settling and fortifying our hearts.

Three finger widths up from the wrist on the back of the forearm is triple burner six,

Branch ditch.

The point of ministerial fire in us all.

This place is said to open up the flow of energy in the triple burner meridian,

Enabling the warmth to reach its many destinations within us and the world around us.

Touching the essence of fire,

Fire within fire,

Can help encourage a steady inner warmth,

Maturity and conscious behaviour.

Just sitting next door to branch ditch,

Three finger widths up from the back of the forearm is triple burner seven,

Assembly of ancestors.

It is here our red dragon connects to our ancestors.

Our dragon re-establishes authority from our ancestors and mediates the powerful influence of that ancestral wisdom as imprinted within us and radiated by heavens.

Our dragon eyes give us that overview,

Restoring a calmness and a sense of peace and tranquility.

Four finger widths up the back of the forearm is triple burner eight,

Three yang junction.

A union point and junction to help open all our sensory orifices,

Relax and relieve us,

Helping to mediate the functional,

Appropriate relationship between assimilation and letting go.

Halfway up the back of the forearm now is triple burner nine,

Four rivers.

Here we help regulate the flow of water in all aspects of our being.

We move stagnation that obscures our hearing.

Our triple burner acts as a communication system for all the channels and the movements,

Exchanges and transformations of life that take place within that whole system.

These four rivers help our red dragon distribute our energy supply and qi.

On the back of our elbows is triple burner ten,

Heavenly well.

A really powerful point and place to rest.

The bounty of this well is limitless.

Pausing by this well we can draw up from the earth much needed calmness and balance.

We are empowered by the earth's virtues of centre,

Stability,

Integrity and nurturance and our bodies are reconnected to both heaven and earth.

From this resting place,

Next to our heavenly well,

Our red dragon travels up the back of the arm through points eleven,

Twelve and thirteen to reach triple burner fourteen on the crest of the shoulder joint and triple burner fifteen on top of the shoulders.

This journey empowers warmth in our shoulders,

Opening up and extending our hearts into the world,

Revealing compassion towards ourself and to others.

From the top of our shoulders we release and nourish our arms to be able to reach out to the world,

Connecting with our ability to feel joy,

Allowing our fire energy to sparkle freely.

Warmed from his resting place on our shoulders,

Our red dragon looks up towards the back of our necks and the onward path that loops around and over to the front of our ears.

He takes his first gentle steps towards triple burner sixteen,

Heavenly window.

This celestial window on our necks refreshes our whole system,

From ring finger to eyebrow.

Our neck acts as a bridge to the heavenly aspects of our being and our orifices,

Our physical connection to our outer world.

With the word heavenly in its name,

This point addresses the spirit directly.

It opens a vision and view from the very core of us,

Beyond the hindrances and limiting beliefs of our mind.

For those problems that seem insurmountable,

The point opens a way out.

Here we solve what might seem unsolvable.

Any constraints we may have had have been lifted and freed as we pass through the neck and move through points seventeen,

Eighteen and nineteen,

Located behind the ears and coming to rest at the crest of each ear with triple burner twenty.

From this high point on our ears,

We see the remaining three points.

Firstly,

Where the jaw meets our ear is triple burner twenty one,

Ear gate.

We not only regulate what audible information we can hear externally here,

But our fire at this point activates a purification,

So we can listen to our own internal voice and conscience.

We are gifted our inner peace and emotional serenity.

On our temple,

Just before the eyebrow,

Is triple burner twenty two,

Harmony foramen.

It is here we level and quiet our mind to stop it from agitating our spirit.

We access the inner and outer harmony of sounds as they reach us,

Helping us all to put notes together in a harmonious way,

From what we hear to an appropriate resonance and harmonising of our own innermost emotions.

And lastly,

Our red dragon comes to rest at triple burner twenty three,

Silk bamboo hollow.

Located on the outer tip of the eyebrow,

This end can be likened to blowing on dying embers to warm our souls.

It is here we create flow,

Where we power our creativity and inspiration,

Helping us to continue to tap into our inner wisdom and express ourselves fully.

Now smile the length of your triple burner channel.

Thank your red dragon spirit.

And remember,

He represents the inner fire and strength within us,

Reminding us that our balanced fire exudes warmth,

Does not burn or blind,

Is tranquil and steady,

Responsive to what is given to it by life,

Circumstances and positivity filled with joy and contented happiness.

Remain connected to his healing medicine today and have a lovely day.