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POINT: SP-9 (SPLEEN-9)  

NAME: YINLINGQUAN

English: Yin Mound Spring
Also Known As: Yin Tomb Spring

LOCATION:

  • On the inferior border of the medial condyle of the tibia, in the depression between the posterior border of the tibia and the gastrocnemius muscle.
  • With the knee flexed, this point can be found at the inferior margin of the medial condyle of the tibia, in the depression between the posterior margin of the tibia and the gastrocnemius muscle.
  • On the lower border of the medial condyle of the tibia, in the depression posterior and inferior to the medial condyle of the tibia.
  • On the medial side of the lower leg, in a depression in the angle formed by the medial condyle of the tibia and the posterior border of the tibia. Note: Run the finger in the groove posterior to the medial border of the tibia until it falls into the depression below the tibial condyle. This point lies at the same level as GB-34 Yanglingquan.

NEEDLING:

  • Straight insertion along the posterior border of the tibia 1 to 3 cun. Sensation: local distention and soreness, possibly extending downward.
  • Puncture perpendicularly 0.5 to 1 cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.
  • Perpendicular insertion, 1 to 1.5 cun.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

  • He-Sea point of the Spleen channel
  • Water point of the Spleen channel
  • Uniting point of the Spleen channel

ACTIONS:

  • Regulates and tonifies the Spleen (especially the Yang)
  • Regulates the Stomach (especially the Yin)
  • Regulates the Lower Jiao
  • Resolves Dampness and Damp-Heat (especially of the Spleen and Stomach)
  • Eliminates Damp-Heat in the Lower Jiao
  • Resolves Damp Summerheat
  • Regulates the water pathways
  • Promotes urination
  • Removes obstructions from the channel

INDICATIONS:

  • Atrophy syndrome due to Damp-Heat
  • Damp-Heat painful obstruction (Bi)
  • Hypertension due to Dampness
  • Painful urinary obstruction
  • Diarrhea with undigested food
  • Diarrhea with mucus due to Damp-Heat
  • Diarrhea with foul-smelling stools
  • Anorexia
  • Abdominal distention
  • Leukorrhea
  • Cloudy urine
  • Irregular menstruation
  • Impotence
  • Abdominal pain
  • Beriberi
  • Genital pain
  • Dysuria
  • Dysmenorrhea
  • Swelling of the hands and feet with pain
  • Sensation of Cold in the Stomach
  • Pins and needles feeling over the whole body
  • Lack of sympathy
  • Sensation of swelling in the flanks
  • Fever and chills (unremitting)
  • Lower abdominal pain
  • Cutting pain in the middle of the Intestines
  • Sudden turmoil disorder
  • Fullness of the lateral costal region
  • Very little urine
  • Anuria
  • Vaginitis
  • Diarrhea
  • Hernia
  • Hernia pain
  • Paralysis of the lower extreimties
  • Dyspnea so bad the patient cannot lie down
  • Hepatitis
  • Jaundice
  • Acute nephritis
  • Ascites
  • Abdomen hard due to ascites
  • Edema of the abdomen
  • Urticaria
  • Stomach
  • Urinary tract infection
  • Incontinence of urine
  • Urinary retention
  • Difficult urination
  • Edema of the legs
  • Painful obstruction of the knee
  • Nocturnal emission
  • Enteritis
  • Dysentery
  • Knee pain
  • Lower back and leg pain
  • Enuresis
  • Knee swelling
  • Fever with or without perspiration
  • General weakness of the whole body
  • Mental craving for sympathy
  • Beriberi
  • Suffocation
  • Sensation of Heat in the chest
  • Qi painful urinary dysfunction (Qi Lin)
  • Seminal emission
  • Shan disorder
  • Dyspnea with inability to lie down
  • Fullness below the Heart
  • Pain in the foot with a swollen knee
  • Sudden diarrhea
  • Kidney pain
  • Peritonitis
  • Cholera

COMBINATIONS:

REN-4
Guanyuan
REN-9
Shuifen
ST-36
Zusanli
SP-6
Sanyinjiao

GB-34
Yanglingquan

REN-9
Shuifen

Urinary retention

Ascites

Swollen, painful leg

Swelling of the knee that is difficult to endure

Enuresis

Edema

Edema around the umbilical region

SP-8
Diji
REN-10
Xiawan

ST-35
Dubi

SP-6
Sanyinjiao
LIV-6
Zhongdu
Li-4
Hegu
LI-11
Quchi
SJ-3
Zhongzhu
SJ-2
Yemen
LIV-2
Xingjian
ST-44
Neiting

Splinted abdomen

Knee problems

Edema of the four limbs

REN-6
Qihai
SP-6
Sanyinjiao
followed by
KI-10
Yingu
PC-7
Daling

SP-6
Sanyinjiao

KI-2
Rangu
GB-25
Jingmen

Obstructed urination

Diarrhea containing undigested food

Cold or Damp diarrhea containing undigested food

SP-1
Yinbai

UB-57
Chengshan
ST-41
Jiexi
SP-3
Taibai

SP-8
Diji
REN-9
Shuifen
Ki-21
Youmen
UB-27
Xiaochangshu

Heat in the chest with sudden diarrhea

Sudden turmoil disorder

No pleasure in eating

KI-1
Yongquan

GB-30
Huantiao
GB-38
Yangfu
KI-3
Taixi
UB-67
Zhiyin

 

Small Intestine pain that radiates to the umbilicus

Paralysis of the lower extremity

 

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

NOTES:

  • This is the point on the Spleen channel to resolve Dampness from the Lower Jiao.