Spleen Meridian Flashcards
Channel Section, Section Pair and Section Location
Spleen: Jiǎo Tài Yīn (foot/leg greater Yīn)
Lung: Shǒu Tài Yīn (hand/arm greater Yīn)
Location: Most superficial; Medial/Anterior
Spleen in Chinese
Pí Zàng
SP 1
Yǐn: hidden, obscure Bái: white Hidden White Yin White Ghost Pile Ghost Eye Wood Pt. Jǐng - Well 3rd Ghost Point Location: Medial Side of Big Toe, 0.1 cun proximal from the corner of the nail. Name: Metal is White. Earth is prior to metal as this point is the first in the Earth Yin Channel. Hidden as is farthest from the eye. Yǐn Bái Areas: Uterus. Blood Vessels. Mind. Functions: Arrests bleeding. Lifts Qi. Calms and Clears the Mind.
SP 2
Dà: Great Big Dū: Unit of Government Organization, a capital city; a pool Great Metropolis Great Pool Fire Pt. Tonification Yíng - Spring Location: On medial aspect of big toe, in the small depression distal and inferior to the first metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joint. Name: Point stores Qi just as a pool stores water. Fire is the mother of Earth. A metropolis is the mother of a country. Dà Dū Areas: MTP joint. Toe. Digestive System. Functions: Clears dampness and heat.
SP 3
Tài: very, extreme, supreme
Bái: white
Supreme White
Earth Pt.
Horary Pt.
Shū - Stream
Yuàn - Source
Location: On the medial side of foot, in the small depression proximal and inferior to the head of the first metatarsal bone, at the junction of the skin of the dorsal and plantar surface.
Name: Earth can engender Metal. Metal is white, Venus is white, Venus is called Supreme White in China.
Tài Bái
Areas: Digestive system. Intestines. Urinary system. Muscles. Mind.
Functions: Transforms dampness. Tonifies Spleen Qi and Yang.
SP 4
Gōng: Grandfather, public, a surname
Sūn: Grandson, a surname
or
Huáng: Yellow (earth color)
Dì: Emperor
Grandfather Grandson
Yellow Emperor
Luò - Network to ST 42 Chōng Yáng Surging Yáng
Opening (Master) point of the Chong Mai.
Location: Between Adductor Hallucis tendon and first metatarsal bone. Deeper lies the flexor hallucis brevis mucsle. In depression between flesh and the base of the bone just proximal from SP-3. Junction of skin and dorsal surface.
Name: related to “Yellow Earth and Spleen.” Luo Connection to Stomach channel as grandson is to grandfather. Yellow Emperor’s family name was Grandfather Grandson.
Gōng Sūn
Areas: The three Jiao. Stomach. Abdomen. Uterus. Heart. Mind.
Functions: Opens the Chong Mai. Regulates Qi. Dispels Blood Stasis. Benefits Menstruation.
SP 5
Shāng: Metal sound of Chinese musical scale; market
Qiū: Hill
Metal Hill
Shang Hill
Metal Pt
Sedation
Jīng - River
Location: midway between the navicular tuberosity and the prominence of the medial malleolus. In depression anterior and inferior to the medial malleolus.
Name: The hill is the bone that bulges out beside where the point lies.
Shāng
Qiū
Areas: Ankle. Abdomen
Functions: Dries dampness. Regulates Qi and Blood. Benefits the Lower Jiao.
SP 8
Dì: Earth
Jī: Crux, Crucial Point, Cure, Machine
Earths Cure
Earths Crux
Xī - Cleft - Accumulation Point
Location: 5 cun inferior to knee crease, where Soleus meets Gastrocnemius and the superior insersion of the popliteus muscle along the medial tibial border.
Name: Xī - Cleft points are “crucial” and “crux” points because they are where the qi gathers. This is Earths crux. Treats disorders of earth phase. Earths Cure.
One of the three “top, middle, bottom” points along with SP - 21 Dà Bāo
and ST - 25 Tiān Shū
Dì Jī
Areas: Uterus. Abdomen. Knee
Functions: Invigorates Blood. Dispels stasis. Regulates Menstruation.
SP 9
Yīn: component of Yáng
Líng: mound, hill, tomb
Quán: spring
Yin’s Mound Spring
Water Point.
Hé - Sea - Uniting
Location: In depression below the medial tibial condyle, between the tibial border and the gastrocnemius muscle. Deeper, the poplitius.
Name: Its’ name represents; Yin as to Tài Yīn Meridian, Mound as a knee resembles a mound, and spring as to being a water point.
Yīn Líng Quán
Areas: Lower Jiao. Urogenital system. Intestines. Abdomen. Knee.
Functions: Drains Dampness. regulates the Lower Jiao.
SP 21
Dà: Great, Big
Bāo: Embrace, Include, Contain, Wrap, Bag, Sack
Great Embrace
Great Bag
Great Luò - Network
Location: Mid axillary line, midway between center of axila and the lower border of the eleventh rip. One hand width (3 cun) below axila.
Name: The spleen is located as the central viscus bordered by lung and heart above, liver and kidney below. The great embrace of these organs represent this points name. This point connects and embraces the body in a net.
Dà Bāo
Areas: Ribs. Thorax. Breast.
Functions: Invigorates Blood and dispels stasis. Warms the body.
Location: Medial Side of Big Toe, 0.1 cun proximal from the corner of the nail.
SP 1 Yǐn: hidden, obscure Bái: white Hidden White Yin White Ghost Pile Ghost Eye Wood Pt. Jǐng - Well 3rd Ghost Point Name: Metal is White. Earth is prior to metal as this point is the first in the Earth Yin Channel. Hidden as is farthest from the eye. Yǐn Bái Areas: Uterus. Blood Vessels. Mind. Functions: Arrests bleeding. Lifts Qi. Calms and Clears the Mind.
Location: On medial aspect of big toe, in the small depression distal and inferior to the first metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joint.
SP 2 Dà: Great Big Dū: Unit of Government Organization, a capital city; a pool Great Metropolis Great Pool Fire Pt. Tonification Yíng - Spring Name: Point stores Qi just as a pool stores water. Fire is the mother of Earth. A metropolis is the mother of a country. Dà Dū Areas: MTP joint. Toe. Digestive System. Functions: Clears dampness and heat.
Location: On the medial side of foot, in the small depression proximal and inferior to the head of the first metatarsal bone, at the junction of the skin of the dorsal and plantar surface.
SP 3 Tài: very, extreme, supreme Bái: white Supreme White Earth Pt. Horary Pt. Shū - Stream Yuàn - Source Name: Earth can engender Metal. Metal is white, Venus is white, Venus is called Supreme White in China. Tài Bái Areas: Digestive system. Intestines. Urinary system. Muscles. Mind. Functions: Transforms dampness. Tonifies Spleen Qi and Yang.
Location: Between Adductor Hallucis tendon and first metatarsal bone. Deeper lies the flexor hallucis brevis mucsle. In depression between flesh and the base of the bone just proximal from SP-3. Junction of skin and dorsal surface.
SP 4
Gōng: Grandfather, public, a surname
Sūn: Grandson, a surname
or
Huáng: Yellow (earth color)
Dì: Emperor
Grandfather Grandson
Yellow Emperor
Luò - Network to ST 42 Chōng Yáng Surging Yáng
Opening (Master) point of the Chong Mai.
Name: related to “Yellow Earth and Spleen.” Luo Connection to Stomach channel as grandson is to grandfather. Yellow Emperor’s family name was Grandfather Grandson.
Gōng Sūn
Areas: The three Jiao. Stomach. Abdomen. Uterus. Heart. Mind.
Functions: Opens the Chong Mai. Regulates Qi. Dispels Blood Stasis. Benefits Menstruation.
Location: midway between the navicular tuberosity and the prominence of the medial malleolus. In depression anterior and inferior to the medial malleolus.
SP 5 Shāng: Metal sound of Chinese musical scale; market Qiū: Hill Metal Hill Shang Hill Metal Pt Sedation Jīng - River Name: The hill is the bone that bulges out beside where the point lies. Shāng Qiū Areas: Ankle. Abdomen Functions: Dries dampness. Regulates Qi and Blood. Benefits the Lower Jiao.
Location: 5 cun inferior to knee crease, where Soleus meets Gastrocnemius and the superior insersion of the popliteus muscle along the medial tibial border.
SP 8 Dì: Earth Jī: Crux, Crucial Point, Cure, Machine Earths Cure Earths Crux Xī - Cleft - Accumulation Point Name: Xī - Cleft points are "crucial" and "crux" points because they are where the qi gathers. This is Earths crux. Treats disorders of earth phase. Earths Cure. One of the three "top, middle, bottom" points along with SP - 21 Dà Bāo and ST - 25 Tiān Shū Dì Jī Areas: Uterus. Abdomen. Knee Functions: Invigorates Blood. Dispels stasis. Regulates Menstruation.
Location: In depression below the medial tibial condyle, between the tibial border and the gastrocnemius muscle. Deeper, the poplitius.
SP 9
Yīn: component of Yáng
Líng: mound, hill, tomb
Quán: spring
Yin’s Mound Spring
Water Point.
Hé - Sea - Uniting
Name: Its’ name represents; Yin as to Tài Yīn Meridian, Mound as a knee resembles a mound, and spring as to being a water point.
Yīn Líng Quán
Areas: Lower Jiao. Urogenital system. Intestines. Abdomen. Knee.
Functions: Drains Dampness. regulates the Lower Jiao.
