Daoyi
Meridian

Spleen Meridian

21 acupoints on this meridian

Acupoints

CodeNameLocation
SP1 Hidden White On the medial side of the distal segment of the great toe, 0.1 finger-cun from the corner of the nail.
SP2 Great Metropolis On the medial border of the foot, in the depression distal and inferior to the first metatarsophalangeal joint, at the red-and-white skin border.
SP3 Supreme White On the medial border of the foot, in the depression proximal and inferior to the first metatarsophalangeal joint, at the red-and-white skin border.
SP4 Grandfather Grandson On the medial border of the foot, antero-inferior to the base of the first metatarsal.
SP5 Shang Hill In the depression antero-inferior to the medial malleolus, midway between the navicular tuberosity and the tip of the medial malleolus.
SP6 Three Yin Intersection On the medial lower leg, 3 cun above the tip of the medial malleolus, posterior to the medial border of the tibia.
SP7 Leaking Valley On the medial lower leg, on the line from the medial malleolus to SP9, 6 cun above the malleolus, posterior to the medial tibial border.
SP8 Earth Foundation On the medial lower leg, 3 cun below SP9 on the line toward the medial malleolus.
SP9 Yin Mound Spring On the medial lower leg, in the depression postero-inferior to the medial condyle of the tibia.
SP10 Sea of Blood With the knee flexed, on the medial thigh 2 cun above the medial end of the patella base, on the bulge of vastus medialis.
SP11 Winnowing Basket Gate On the medial thigh, at the junction of the upper third and lower two-thirds of the line from the medial patella base to SP12, in the angle between adductor longus and sartorius.
SP12 Rushing Gate In the groin, 3.5 cun lateral to the midpoint of the upper border of the pubic symphysis, lateral to the arterial pulse.
SP13 House Abode On the lower abdomen, 4 cun below the umbilicus and 0.7 cun above SP12, 4 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
SP14 Abdomen Bind On the lower abdomen, 1.3 cun below SP15, 4 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
SP15 Great Horizontal On the mid-abdomen, 4 cun lateral to the centre of the umbilicus.
SP16 Abdomen Sorrow On the upper abdomen, 3 cun above the umbilicus, 4 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
SP17 Food Hole On the lateral chest, in the fifth intercostal space, 6 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
SP18 Heavenly Stream On the lateral chest, in the fourth intercostal space, 6 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
SP19 Chest Village On the lateral chest, in the third intercostal space, 6 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
SP20 Fullness of the Circumference On the lateral chest, in the second intercostal space, 6 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
SP21 Great Enveloping On the lateral chest, on the mid-axillary line, in the sixth intercostal space.

These points share a meridian, but a proper assessment still looks at the whole picture.

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