Spleen

Question 0

What is the corresponding organ for the Spleen, gives its full time

Answer 0

Stomach, Foot Yangming

Question 1

Full Name of the Spleen Meridian

Answer 1

Spleen of Foot Taiyin

Question 2

What are the main function of the Spleen ?

Answer 2

Governs transportation and transformation
Controlling blood
Dominating the muscles and limbs
Opening into the mouth and manifesting on the lips

Question 3

What element is the Spleen associated with?

Answer 3

Earth

Question 4

What colour is the spleen associated with?

Answer 4

Yellow

Question 5

Which part of the tongue does the Spleen manifest in?

Answer 5

The Center of the tongue

Question 6

Which spiritual aspect does the Spleen house?

Answer 6

Thought or Yi

Question 7

What time does it fall in the circadian clock

Answer 7

9 to 11am

Question 8

What is the major function Yi/Thought?

Answer 8

Thinking, memorizing, concentration

Question 9

What are some common symptoms of Spleen

Answer 9

Lassitude, diarrhea, poor appetite, abdominal distension, loose stools, edema, hemorrhage

Question 10

List the Z-F pattern of Spleen (CAM)

Answer 10

Deficiency of Spleen Qi 
Dysfunction of Spleen in controlling blood
Deficiency of Spleen Yang
Invasion of Spleen by cold damp
Damp heat in the spleen and stomach

Question 11

Which orifics does the spleen open into

Answer 11

mouth

Question 12

Which tissue does the spleen rule over?

Answer 12

Muscles

Question 13

Which emotion does the Spleen affect

Answer 13

Pensiveness

Question 14

What is the Significant of Sp21

Answer 14

It is the Greater Luo Connecting point

Question 15

Where does Sp 1 start?

Answer 15

On the dorsal aspect of the big toe, at the junction of lines drawn along the medial border of the nail and the base of the nail, approximately 0.1 cun from the corner of the nail.

Question 16

List the entry and exit points

Answer 16

Sp 1- Entry

Sp 21 - Exit

Question 17

Which meridian does the Spleen exit to?

Answer 17

Heart

Question 18

Where is Sp 21 located? and how would you puncture it and depth?

Answer 18

CAM: mid axillary line, 6 cun below the axilla, midway between the axillary and the free end of the 11th rib
Deadman: on the mid axillary line, in the 7th intercostal space
Obliquely 0.3 to 0.5 cun

Question 19

Are there any contraindications in the spleen meridian? if there is, can you list the point and what the CI is

Answer 19

Yes, Sp 6 (sanyinjiao) CI during pregnancy.

Question 20

Are there any points in the Spleen meridian we cannot moxa? if there is, can you list the points?

Answer 20

None

Question 21

Which season is the spleen associated with?

Answer 21

Late summer

Question 22

Which flavour is the spleen associated with?

Answer 22

Sweet

Question 23

Yuan source of the spleen? location of Sp 3

Answer 23

Spleen 3
Deadman: Medial side of the foot, in the depression proximal and inferior to the head of the first metatarsal bone (between the red and white junction)

Question 24

List the luo connecting point? and location

Answer 24

Sp 4
Deadman: On the medial side of the foot, in the depression distal and inferior to the base of the first metatarsal bone. Approximately 1 cun from Sp 3

Question 25

What is the significant of Sp 8? list its location

Answer 25

It is a xi cleft point
Deadman: On the medial side of the lower leg, 3 cun inferior to Yīnlíngquán SP-9, in a depression just posterior to the medial crest of the tibia.

Question 26

It is yin or yang organ

Answer 26

Yin