Taiyin
Spleen
SP1 (yinbai)
- [Ghost
point]
- warms Yang,
regulates blood, mania symptoms
- Location:
1 fen proximal to the medial corner of the big toe.
SP3 (taibai)
-
[Yuan-source]
- best to
tone Spleen Qi, Stomach/abdominal pain
- Location:
on the medial side of the foot in the depression proximal &
inferior to the head of the first metatarsal bone.
SP4 (gongsun)
- [Connect to
Stomach, confluence of Chong]
- sea of
Blood, menses, regulates Chong
- Location:
on the border of the red & white skin, 1 cun posterior to
taibai.
SP6 (sanyinjiao)
- [crossing
of Spleen Liver Kidney]
- Spleen
Liver Kidney problems
- Location:
3 cun above the tip of the medial malleolus, at the posterior
border of the tibia.
SP8 (diji)
- [Xi-cleft]
- blood,
womb, menses (regulate/relieve pain)
- Location:
3 cun inferior to yinlingquan.
SP9 (yinlingquan)
- regulates
water metabolism, knee pain
- Location:
in the depression formed posterior to the angle where the head
of the tibia & the body of the tibia meet.
SP10 (xuehai)
- [sea of
blood]
-
regulate/harmonize menses/blood
- Location:
place the heel of your right palm on the inferior border of the
patients left patella, spread index finger & thumb 45 degrees,
point is at tip of thumb.
SP15 (daheng)
SP18 (tianxi)
- cough,
mammary Yong, promotes lactation
- Location:
in the 4th intercostals space, 2 cun lateral to the nipple.
SP21 (dabao)
- [Great
connecting point]
- regulates
Qi & Blood of whole body, sinews/bones
- Location:
in the 6th intercostals space, 6 cun below the center of axilla,
or some texts say in the 7th intercostals space.