Spleen 10 - Name in Chinese and English
Caution
Division
Xue Hai - Sea of Blood (Chong Mai)
Caution: None
Foot Tai Yin
Spleen 10 - Location
4 cun superior to the knee crease (i.e. 2 cun superior to the patella) on a line superior to SP-9, in the hollow of vastus medialis muscle.
Spleen 10 - Features
Receives a vessel from Chong Mai
Works on Heart (Fire Qi)
Spleen 11 - Name in Chinese and English
Caution
Division
Ji Men - Winnower Gate
Caution: None
Foot Tai Yin
Spleen 11 - Location
10 cun superior to the knee crease on a curving line from SP-10 to SP-12
Spleen 11 - Features
*Su Wen Ch.20: Point of Man of the lower region in the Nine Continents pulse picture.
Spleen 12 - Name in Chinese and English
Caution
Division
Chong Men - Rushing Gate
Caution: Avoid Blood Vessel
Foot Tai Yin
Spleen 12 - Location
Approximately 3.5 cun lateral to the midline, level with the superior border of the symphysis pubis, just lateral to the femoral artery
Spleen 12 - Features
Meets the Liver Meridian
Meets the Spleen Divergent Meridian
Has a strong effect on the Yuan Qi
- Tonifies Yin (vB)
- Meets Spleen Separate Meridian (vB)
Spleen 13 - Name in Chinese and English
Caution
Division
Fu She - Abode Of The Fu
Caution: Forbidden to Moxa
Foot Tai Yin
Spleen 13 - Location
4 cun lateral to the anterior midline, 0.7 cun superior to SP-12
Spleen 13 - Features
Point of Yin Wei Mai.
Meets the Liver Meridian
Meridian continues to SP-14 via Ren-3 and Ren-4
Spleen 14 - Name in Chinese and English
Caution
Division
Fu Jie - Abdomen Knot
Caution: None
Foot Tai Yin
Spleen 14 - Location
4 cun lateral to the anterior midline, 1.3 cun inferior to SP-15
Spleen 14 - Features
None
Spleen 15 - Name in Chinese and English
Caution
Division
Da Heng - Big Horizontal
Caution: None
Foot Tai Yin
Spleen 15 - Location
4 cun lateral to Ren-8
Spleen 15 - Features
Point of Yin Wei Mai
Branch via Ren-10 to SP-16
Spleen 16 - Name in Chinese and English
Caution
Division
Fu Ai - Abdomen Sorrow
Caution: None
Foot Tai Yin
Spleen 16 - Location
4 cun lateral to the anterior midline, level with Ren-11, 3 cun superior to SP-15 (notch below rib)
Spleen 16 - Features
Point of Yin Wei Mai
Branch via GB-24 and LV-14 to SP-17 therefore influences the Wood element
Spleen 17 - Name in Chinese and English
Caution
Division
Shi Dou - Food Cavity
Caution: Avoid deep insertion
Foot Tai Yin
Spleen 17 - Location
6 cun lateral to the anterior midline, in the 5th intercostal space
Spleen 17 - Features
None
Spleen 18 - Name in Chinese and English
Caution
Division
Tian Xi - Celestial Ravine
Caution: Avoid deep insertion
Foot Tai Yin
Spleen 18 - Location
6 cun lateral to the anterior midline, in the 4th intercostal space
Spleen 18 - Features
None
Spleen 19 - Name in Chinese and English
Caution
Division
Xiong Xiang - Chest Village
Caution: Avoid deep insertion
Foot Tai Yin
Spleen 19 - Location
6 cun lateral to the anterior midline, in the 3rd intercostal space
Spleen 19 - Features
None
Spleen 20 - Name in Chinese and English
Caution
Division
Zhou Rong - Complete Nourishing / Construction
Caution: Avoid deep insertion
Foot Tai Yin
Spleen 20 - Location
6 cun lateral to the anterior midline, in the 2nd intercostal space
Spleen 20 - Features
A vessel goes to LU-1 to reunite Tai Yin
Meeting Point of Pre-natal and Post-Natal Qi
Spleen 21 - Name in Chinese and English
Caution
Division
Da Bao - Big Wrapping
Caution: Forbidden in pregnancy
Foot Tai Yin
Spleen 21 - Location
On the mid-axillary line, in the 7th intercostal space. (Some sources place this point in the 6th intercostal space others midway between the axillae and the tip of the eleventh rib)
Spleen 21 - Features
Great Luo Point of the Spleen (spreads through the chest and lateral costal region)
Point of Exit (Goes to HT-1)
- The ramifications of the Great Luo serve to provide the Jin-Ye from the Stomach to all parts of the body.
- The ramifications are in connection with all the longitudinal Luo meridians.