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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
Regulates the Spleen and resolves dampness
  • Opens and moves the water passages
  • Benefits the lower jiao
    • Abdominal pain and distension, diarrhea, dysentery, edema, jaundice, dysuria, enuresis, incontinence of urine, pain in the external genitalia, dysmenorrhea, pain in the knee.

    Where is SP-09 located?

    • A Manual of Acupuncture (p. 194): 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 (p. 159-160): On the lower border of the medial condyle of the tibia, in the depression posterior and inferior to the medial condyle of the tibia.
    Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.

    Sources & References

    Compiled and edited by Thomas Dehli, Founder & Editor, Sacred Lotus

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