Acupuncture Points on the Spleen Channel of Foot Tai Yin
- Meeting Point of the Spleen Channel with the Yin Linking Vessel
Moves Qi and regulates the intestines
Abdominal pain and distension, diarrhea, dysentery, constipation.
Where is SP-15 located?
- A Manual of Acupuncture (p. 200): On the abdomen, in the depression at the lateral border of the rectus abdominis muscle level with the umbilicus.
- Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion (p. 161): 4 cun lateral to the centre of the umbilicus, lateral to m. rectus abdominis.
Puncture perpendicularly 0.7-1.2 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.
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