Spleen Meridian

21 Acupuncture Points

Each point shows what symptoms it treats (indications). Click any symptom to find more treatments.

SP01Hidden White

SP01 acupoint
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🗺️ Meridian: Spleen Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 隱白 (yǐn bái)

🎯 Location: On the medial side of the great the toe 01 thumb width posterior to the corner of the nail.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid in patients with bleeding disorders.

🛡️ Treats: heat:chest, fever, diarrhoea, dyspnoea, depression

SP02Great Capital

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🗺️ Meridian: Spleen Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 大都 (dà dū)

🎯 Location: On the medial side of the great the toe distal and inferior to the 1st metatarsodigital joint in the depression of the junction of the red and white skin.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: diarrhoea, constipation, heat, vomiting, distension:abdomen

SP03Great White

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🗺️ Meridian: Spleen Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 太白 (tài bái)

🎯 Location: Proximal and inferior to the 1st metatarsophalangeal joint in the depression of the junction of the red and white skin.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in patients with cardiac arrhythmias.

🛡️ Treats: diarrhoea, pain:knee, constipation, heat, vomiting

SP04Grandfather Grandson

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🗺️ Meridian: Spleen Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 公孫 (gōng sūn)

🎯 Location: In the depression the distal and inferior to the base of the 1st metatarsal bone at the junction of the red and white skin.

⚠️ Cautions: Contraindicated during pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: diarrhoea, jaundice, depression, vomiting, distension:abdomen

SP05Metal Hill

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🗺️ Meridian: Spleen Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 商丘 (shāng qiū)

🎯 Location: In the depression the distal and inferior to the medial malleolus midway between tuberosity of the navicular bone and tip of the medial malleolus.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: cough, fever, jaundice, cold, constipation

SP06Three Yin Intersection

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🗺️ Meridian: Spleen Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 三陰交 (sān yīn jiāo)

🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths directly above the tip of the medial malleolus posterior to the medial border of the tibia.

⚠️ Cautions: Contraindicated during pregnancy except for labor induction.

🛡️ Treats: diarrhoea, dizziness, tinnitus, palpitations, distension:abdomen

SP07Leaking Valley

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🗺️ Meridian: Spleen Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 漏谷 (lòu gǔ)

🎯 Location: 6 thumb widths from tip of the medial malleolus on the line connecting tip of the medial malleolus and sp9 posterior to the medial border of the tibia.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: diarrhoea, swelling, damp, oedema, depression:sadness

SP08Earth'S Cure

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🗺️ Meridian: Spleen Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 地機 (dì jī)

🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths below sp9 on the line connecting tip of the medial malleolus and sp9.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: appetite:weak, diarrhoea, distension:abdomen, pain:abdomen, stagnation:blood

SP09Yin Mound Spring

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🗺️ Meridian: Spleen Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 陰陵泉 (yīn líng quán)

🎯 Location: On the lower border of the medial condyle of the tibia in the depression the posterior and inferior to the medial condyle of the tibia.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid in cases of knee inflammation.

🛡️ Treats: heat:chest, fever, diarrhoea, dyspnoea, jaundice

SP10Sea Of Blood

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🗺️ Meridian: Spleen Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 血海 (xuè hǎi)

🎯 Location: When knee is flexed point is 2 thumb widths above the mediosuperior border of the patella on the bulge of the medial portion of the quadriceps femoris.

⚠️ Cautions: Contraindicated in bleeding disorders; caution with anticoagulants.

🛡️ Treats: pain:knee, amenorrhea, stagnation:blood, pain, urticaria

SP11Winnower Gate

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🗺️ Meridian: Spleen Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 箕門 (jī mén)

🎯 Location: 6 thumb widths above the sp10 on the line drawn from sp10 to the sp12.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: heat, pain, damp, retention:urine, enuresis

SP12Surging Gate

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🗺️ Meridian: Spleen Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 沖門 (chōng mén)

🎯 Location: Superior to the lateral end of the inguinal groove lateral to the pulsating femoral artery at the level of the upper border of the pubis symphasis, 3.5 thumb widths lateral to the cv2.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: heat, pain:abdomen, stagnation:blood, pain, retention:urine

SP13Bowel Abode

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🗺️ Meridian: Spleen Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 府舍 (fǔ shè)

🎯 Location: 4 thumb widths below center of the umbilicus 07 thumb widths superior to the sp12, 4 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: constipation, pain:abdomen, pain, pain:thigh, benefit:digestion

SP14Abdominal Bind

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🗺️ Meridian: Spleen Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 腹結 (fù jié)

🎯 Location: 13 thumb widths below sp15, 4 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline, on the lateral side of the rectus abdominis.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: cough, diarrhoea, constipation, distension:abdomen, dysentery

SP15Great Horizontal

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🗺️ Meridian: Spleen Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 大横 (dà héng)

🎯 Location: 4 thumb widths lateral to the center of the umbilicus lateral to the rectus abdominis.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: diarrhoea, cold, constipation, stagnation:qi, damp

SP16Abdominal Lament

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🗺️ Meridian: Spleen Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 腹哀 (fù āi)

🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths above the center of the umbilicus, 4 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: constipation, dysentery, pain:periumbilical, stools:blood, stools:undigested

SP17Food Cavity

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🗺️ Meridian: Spleen Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 食竇 (shí dòu)

🎯 Location: In the 5th intercostal space 6 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling; risk of pneumothorax.

🛡️ Treats: cough, jaundice, fullness:chest, distension:abdomen, swelling:breast

SP18Celestial Cleft

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🗺️ Meridian: Spleen Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 天谿 (tiān xī)

🎯 Location: In the 4th intercostal space 6 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling; risk of pneumothorax.

🛡️ Treats: cough, pain:chest, fullness:chest, abscess:breast, hiccups

SP19Chest Village

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🗺️ Meridian: Spleen Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 胸鄉 (xiōng xiāng)

🎯 Location: In the 3rd intercostal space 6 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling; risk of pneumothorax.

🛡️ Treats: cough, fullness:chest, fullness:costal:lateral, unbind:chest, fullness:back

SP20Complete Nourishment

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🗺️ Meridian: Spleen Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 周榮 (zhōu róng)

🎯 Location: In the 2nd intercostal space 6 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling; risk of pneumothorax.

🛡️ Treats: cough, fullness:chest, benefit:digestion, fullness:costal:lateral, distension:chest

SP21Great Embrace

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🗺️ Meridian: Spleen Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 大包 (dà bāo)

🎯 Location: On the lateral side of the chest on the middle axillary line in the 6th intercostal space.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling; risk of pneumothorax.

🛡️ Treats: cough, pain:chest, dyspnoea, pain, pain:costal:lateral