Spleen

Question 1

SP-1

Retired White

Answer 1

Wood, Entry

Medial side of big toe @ nail corner

Rx: irregular menstrual bleeding, calm mind for sleeping disorders; xu or xs type

+BL17, SP10 for menstrual bleeding
+HT7, SP6, Anmian for sleep

Question 2

SP-3

Supreme White

Answer 2

Earth, Yuan Source, Horary: 9am-11am

Proximal & inferior to head of 1st metatarsal bone btw red & white skin

Rx: tonifies SP & strengthens its function

+ST36

Question 3

SP-4

Prince’s Grandson

Answer 3

Junction

In depression distal + inferior to base of 1st metatarsal bone @ junction of red and white skin

Rx: clears the 5 stags from middle jiao (cold, Qi stag, blood stasis, damp/phlegm, food stag) ***does not clear heat, stops uterine bleeding, tonifies blood by opening Chong (Sea of Blood)

+PC6 to regulate & tonify blood

Question 4

SP-5

Merchant Mound

Answer 4

Metal

In the depression distal & inferior to the medial malleolus, midway between the tuberosity of the navicular bone & tip of medial malleolus

Rx: used as local point for edema on the foot (Yin Edema)

+GB41

Question 5

SP-6

Answer 5

3 cun directly above the tip of the medial malleolus, posterior to the medial border of the tibia

Rx: nourishes whole body yin, soothes LV Qi stag, removes SP damp, crossing point of 3 leg yin channels, good for tonifying fluids, regulates fluids

+KI6 and or Ren4 to tonify whole body yin
+SP9 to remove damp
+TH6 to tonify fluids

Question 6

SP-8

Earth Motivator

Answer 6

Xi Cleft

3 cun below SP-9, on the line connecting SP-9 and the medial malleolus

Rx: menstrual pain d/t dysmenorrhea

+BL32 for blood stasis in the lower jiao

Question 7

SP-9

Answer 7

Water

On lower border of medial condyle of the tibia, in the depression posterior and inferior to the medial condyle of the tibia

Rx: resolves any kind of damp, regulates water for water metabolism problems such as edema, urinary disturbance, etc.

+Ren12, ST12resolve damp & tonify middle jiao
+BL22, TH4, Ren9 to regulate water

Question 8

SP-10

Answer 8

Flexed knee, 2 cun above mediosuperior border of the patella, on bulge of the medial portion of the quadriceps femoris. OR Flexed knee, cup your right palm over left knee, with thumb on the medial side and other four fingers directly proximally, and the thumb forming a 45 degree angle with the index finger; point is where tip of thumb rests

Rx: move and cool blood

+BL17

Question 9

SP-15

Great Horizontal

Answer 9

4 cun lateral to center of umbilicus (CV/Ren-8), lateral to rectus abdominis

Rx: local point for abdominal distension, pain from LV overacting on SP

+ST25, LV3 for LV overacting on SP

Question 10

SP-21

Great Enveloping

Answer 10

Major Lou connecting of SP

On midaxillary line, 6 cun below axilla, midway btw axilla and free end of 11th rib in 7th intercostal space

Rx: all over aches & pains without an underlying cause, general muscle pain

+none