Spleen Channel

Question 1

Sp 1

Answer 1

-medial nail point of the big toe

Question 2

Sp 2

Answer 2

• medial side of the big toe
• At the flare of the base of the proximal phalanx
• roughly at the change of the skin tone and texture

Question 3

Sp 3

Answer 3

• Proximal to the 1st MTP joint
• inferior and proximal to the flare of the head of the 1st MT bone
• in between the bone and muscle that spread open the big toe (abductor hallucis longus)

Question 4

Sp 4

Answer 4

• roughly 1 cun proximal to Sp3
• At the medial edge of the 1 MT bone at the flare of the base (distal to the medial cuniform)
• between the bone and abductor hallucis

Question 5

Sp 5

Answer 5

• anterior and inferior to the medial malleolus
• draw line in front of and below the ankle bone and it’s where the lines cross
• find with foot at right angles and mark with foot relaxed

Question 6

Sp 6

Answer 6

• 3 cun above the medial malleolus
• between the posterior border of the tibia and the soleus muscle
• roughly 4 fingers above the ankle

Question 7

Sp 7

Answer 7

• 6 cun from the medial malleolus
• 1 fingers width from the tibial border between the bone and soleus muscle
• stand on the ball of the foot to highlight muscle

Question 8

Sp 8

Answer 8

• 10 cun above the medial malleolus
• one finger wide from the border of the tibia and between the bone and soleus muscle
  (- high heel muscle )

Question 9

Sp 9

Answer 9

• 13 cun above the medial malleolus
• in the hollow where the condyle of the tibia begins to flare out
• level with the tibial tuberosity and the head of fibula
• between the gastrocnemius and tibia