Spleen Meridian 脾经

Yin Bai 隱白 (SP 1)

TRANSLATION: Hidden White
TYPE: Jing-well, Wood, Ghost Point
LOCATION: On the medial side of the great toe, 0.1 cun proximal to the corner of the nail
NEEDLE INSERTION: 90° or 45° insertion directed proximally
NEEDLE DEPTH: 0.1-0.2 cun or prick to bleed

Da Du 大都 (SP 2)

TRANSLATION: Big Capitol; Great Pool
TYPE: Ying-spring, Fire, Tonification
LOCATION: On the medial side of the great toe, distal and inferior to the first metatarsophalangeal joint, at the junction of the yin and yang skin
NEEDLE INSERTION: 45° inferior insertion
NEEDLE DEPTH: 0.3-0.5 cun

Tai Bai 太白 (SP 3)

TRANSLATION: Greater White
TYPE: Yuan-source, Shu-stream, Earth, Horary
LOCATION: Proximal and inferior to the head of the first metatarsal bone, at the junction of the yin and yang skin
NEEDLE INSERTION: 90° insertion
NEEDLE DEPTH: 0.5-1.0 cun

Gong Sun 公孫 (SP 4)

TRANSLATION: Grandfather Grandson
TYPE: Luo-connecting, Confluent point of the Chong Vessel
LOCATION: In the depression distal and inferior to the base of the first metatarsal bone, at the junction of the yin and yang skin
NEEDLE INSERTION: 90° insertion
NEEDLE DEPTH: 0.5-1.0 cun

Shang Qiu 商丘 (SP 5)

TRANSLATION: Metal Mound
TYPE: Jing-river, Metal, Sedation
LOCATION: N the depression distal and inferior to the medial malleolus, midway between the tuberosity of the navicular bone and the tip of the medial malleolus
NEEDLE INSERTION: a) 90° insertion, b) 5° insertion beneath the tendons towards ST 41
NEEDLE DEPTH: a) 0.2-0.3 cun

San Yin Jiao 三陰交 (SP 6)

TRANSLATION: Three Yin Meeting
TYPE: Meeting point of the Spleen, Liver, and Kidney meridians
LOCATION: 3 cun directly above the tip of the medial malleolus, on the posterior border of the tibia
NEEDLE INSERTION: 90° or 45° insertion directed proximally, * Contraindicated in pregnancy+F85
NEEDLE DEPTH: 1.0-1.5 cun