Spleen channel

Question 1

Sp1- Hidden White
3 point
Where point is?
Point description

Answer 1

Jing- Well point
Wood point
Entry point

Medial nail point of the big toe.

Question 2

Sp2- Great capital
3 point
Where point is?
Point description

Answer 2

Ying- spring
Fire point
Tonification point

On the medial side of the big toe, distal to and towards the inferior edge of the Ist MTP joint, where the base of the proximal phalanx begins to flare out. (Roughly at the change in skin tone and texture.)

Question 3

Sp3- Greater White
4 point
Where point is?
Point description

Answer 3

Earth point
Horary point
Shu- stream point
Yuan- source point

Proximal to the MTP joint of the big toe, inferior and proximal to the flare of the head of the Ist MT bone. (Roughly at the change in skin tone and texture.) The point lies in the nook underneath the Ist MT bone and above the muscle that spreads open the big toe (abductor hallucis), close up against the head of the bone. The depression is highlighted by rotating the big toe, or even more clearly, by the patient wiggling her own toe.

Question 4

Sp4- Grandfather and Grandson
2 point
Where point is?
Point description

Answer 4

Luo- connecting point
Opening point of aching Mai

About I cun proximal to Sp 3, distal and inferior to the base of the Ist MT bone, between the bone and the muscle that spreads open the big toe (abductor hallucis). To be sure of finding the base of the Ist MT bone, locate the gap between the Ist MT bone and the medial cuneiform, and then slide your finger distally over the base, to the recess of the point. (As a rough guide slide your finger proximally from SP 3 along the medial edge of the Ist MT bone until you feel a notch in the bone, and then drop down into the seam between the bone and the muscle and feel for the point.)

Question 5

Sp5- Metal Mound
3 point
Where point is?
Point description

Answer 5

Jing- river point
Metal point
Sedation point

In the depression anterior and inferior to the medial malleolus.
With the person’s foot held at a right angle, draw a vertical and a horizontal line, in front of and below the ankle bone. The point is where the two lines cross. In order to needle this point keep your finger on the point and ask your patient to relax her foot.

Question 6

Sp6- Three Yin Meeting
1 point
Where point is?
Point description

Answer 6

Meeting point of 3 Yin of leg

FORBIDDEN IN PREGNANCY

Question 7

Sp7- Leaking Valley

Question 8

Sp8- Earth movement
1 point
Where point is?
Point description

Answer 8

Xi- cleft point

Question 9

Sp9- Yin Mound Spring
2 point
Where point is?
Point description

Answer 9

He- Sea point
Water point