SP-09 (Yin Ling Quan) Yin Mound Spring

SP-09 (Yin Ling Quan) Yin Mound Spring

Acupuncture Points on the Spleen Channel of Foot Tai Yin

  • Acupuncture Point Five Elements  He-Sea & Water Point

Actions:

  • Regulates the Spleen and resolves dampness
  • Opens and moves the water passages
  • Benefits the lower jiao

Indications:

  • Abdominal pain and distension, diarrhea, dysentery, edema, jaundice, dysuria, enuresis, incontinence of urine, pain in the external genitalia, dysmenorrhea, pain in the knee.

Pont Location:

  • A Manual of Acupuncture: On the medial side of the lower leg, in a depression in the angle formed by the medial condyle of the tibia and the posterior border of the tibia.
  • Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion: On the lower border of the medial condyle of the tibia, in the depression posterior and inferior to the medial condyle of the tibia.

Needling Method:

  • Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.

References Used

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