WESTERN SCIENCE RELATES ONLY ONE PHYSICAL ORGAN TO THE TRIPLE WARMER AN AREA OF THE BRAIN AT THE PART OF THE HYPOTHALMUS SITUATED ON THE CIRCLE OF WILLITS. THE HUMAN "THERMOSTAT" LOCATED HERE BY WESTERN MEDICAL SCIENCE IS REGARDED BY THE CHINESE AS THE COORDINATING CENTER FOR THE TRIPLE WARMER.

THE TRIPLE WARMER IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE THEMOREGULATOR, OR THE THREE BURNING SPACES. THE CHINESE LOCATE THREE BURNERS IN THE THORAX: THE UPPER BURNER ASSOCIATED WITH THE LUNGS AND HEART (RESPIRATORY); THE MIDDLE BURNER WITH THE STOMACH, SPLEEN, LIVER AND GALLBLADDER (DIGESTIVE AND ASSIMILATIVE); AND THE LOWER BURNER WITH THE REPRODUCTIVE AND ELIMINATING ORGANS. THE TRIPLE WARMER GOVERNS THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM, THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM, BASIC DRIVES, AND APPETITE BALANCE. IT IS ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH FAMILY OR SOCIAL RELATIONSHIP DYNAMICS. THE TRIPLE WARMER HAS AN INFLUENTIAL TASK COORDINATING THE BODILY FUNCTIONS IN THE TRUNK. THE INTERNAL BRANCH IS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE PSYCHIC CHANNELS OF THE BODY AND IS A DIRECT CONNECTION TO THE INTUITION.

PATHWAY: THE HAND SHAO YANG TRIPLE BURNER CHANNEL STARTS AT THE ULNAR SIDE OF THE TIP OF THE FOURTH FINGER AND TRAVELS UP BETWEEN THE FOURTH AND FIFTH METACARPAL BONES ON THE DORSUM OF THE HAND TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE WRIST. PROCEEDING UP THE POSTERIOR MIDLINE OF THE FOREARM BETWEEN THE RADIUS AND THE ULNA, IT RUNS OVER THE OLECRANON PROCESS OF THE ELBOW, AND THEN TRAVELS UP THE POSTERIOR MIDLINE OF THE UPPER ARM TO THE SHOULDER. HERE IT MEETS THE HAND TAI YANG SMALL INTESTINE CHANNEL AT SI 12 AND THEN RUNS OVER TO THE BACK TO MEET THE GOVERNING VESSEL AT GV 14. IT CROSSES BACK OVER THE SHOULDER TO INTERSECT THE FOOT SHAO YANG GALLBLADDER CHANNEL AT GB 21 BEFORE RUNNING INTO THE SUPRACLAVICULAR FOSSA, PENETRATING TO THE INTERIOR AND TRAVELLING INTO THE MID-CHEST REGION TO MEET THE CONCEPTION VESSEL AT CV 17, WHERE IT LINKS WITH THE PERICARDIUM. IT THEN DESCENDS INTERNALLY, HOMING THROUGH EACH OF THE THREE BURNERS SUCCESSIVELY.

A BRANCH BREAKS OFF FROM THE MID-CHEST REGION, RISES TO EMERGE IN THE SUPRACLAVICULAR FOSSA, THEN RUNS UP THE NECK AND BEHIND THE EAR TO INTERSECT WITH THE FOOT SHAO YANG GALLBLADDER CHANNEL AT GB 6 AND GB 4 ON THE FOREHEAD BEFORE WINDING DOWN AROUND THE CHEEK TO RETURN TO THE INFRAORBITAL REGION WHERE IT MEETS THE HAND TAI YANG SMALL INTESTINE CHANNEL AT SI 18.

ANOTHER BRANCH SEPARATES BEHIND THE EAR, ENTERS THE EAR AND REEMERGES IN FRONT OF IT, THEN INTERSECTS WITH THE HAND TAI YANG SMALL INTESTINE CHANNEL AT SI 19. IT THEN CROSSES IN FRONT OF THE FOOT SHAO YANG GALLBLADDER CHANNEL AT GB 3 AND RUNS ALONG THE ZYGOMA TO TERMINATE AT THE OUTER CANTHUS AT TB 23.