Acupuncture Points on the Spleen Channel of Foot Tai Yin
- Meeting Point of the Spleen and Liver Channels with the Yin Linking Vessel
Regulates Qi and alleviates pain
Lower abdominal pain, hernia.
Where is SP-13 located?
- A Manual of Acupuncture (p. 199): On the lower abdomen, 0.7 cun superior and 0.5 cun lateral to Chongmen SP-12, 4 cun lateral to the midline. This point is also defined as lying 4.3 cun inferior to Daheng SP-15.
- Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion (p. 161): 4 cun below the centre of the umbilicus, 0.7 cun superior to Chongmen (SP-12), 4 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
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