Psychostructural+Liver+Meridian


 * Liver || Wood || Tonify -LV8 || Sedate - LV2 || Pectoralis major sternal, Rhomboids ||
 * Liver || Wood || Tonify -LV8 || Sedate - LV2 || Pectoralis major sternal, Rhomboids ||

[[image:Pec_Major_trigger.jpg width="245" height="440" align="right"]]Pectoralis Major
The pectoralis major has three actions. It flexes the humerus, as in throwing a ball side-arm, and in lifting a child. It also adducts the humerus, as when flapping arms. It also rotates the humerus medially, as occurs when arm-wrestling.

Subject one shows shoulders being pulled forward. This is always associated with some collapse of the upper chest, and may be seen as part of the constraint of chest emotions. In many females with the rapid growthof the breasts during puberty, the various social taboos about them as sexual organs become strong factors in emotional development, and may lead to a drawing in of breasts, chest, and shoulders in an attitude of shame, embarrassment, and self protection. In some people the shoulders are drawn upward as well as forward [levator scapula, trapezius] These individuals may be visualized as withdrawing into themselves, somewhat like turtles. They are literally drawing their heads down into their shoulders. Psychologically, the same withdrawl is present, with fear, lack of assertion and a vauge sense of impending punishment. (The Body Reveals)

ST-18, ST-16, St-15, St-14 (Seem1)

Rhomboids
origin: spinous process of 2nd to 5th thoracic vertebrae; insertion: medial border of scapula from spine to inferior angle; action: adducts scapula and elevation of medial border; the inferior fibers aid in rotating the glenoid cavity inferior; nerve supply: [|dorsal scapular] (C4, [|C5]); synergists: upper, middle, and lower [|trapezius], [|levator scapula], latissimus dorsi, rhomboid minor;
 * - Rhomboid Major:**

origin: ligamentum nuchae, spinous process of [|C7] and [|T1]; insertion: medial border of scapula at the root of the spine of scapula; action: adducts and aids elevation of scapula; nerve supply: dorsal scapula, C4, [|C5]; synergists: upper, middle, and lower [|trapezius], [|levator scapula], latissimus dorsi and rhomboid major;
 * - Rhomboid Minor:**

In subject four we see the shoulders clearly pulled back. This position is most frequently associated with a holding back and fear of striking out. When these emotions are finally released, they are found to be very forceful, even violent. The anger and rage in these people is also seen in the position of the jaw, which is thrust aggressively forward (The Body Reveals)

BL-41, BL-42, BL-43, BL-44, BL-45, BL-46, BL-47, BL-48 (Seem1)