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This is the Acupoints section of CMD, which presents 400 or so channel and nonchannel points with location, classical location, local anatomy, indications, traditional indications, needling depth, stimulus, and point groups they belong to, and the meanings of their Chinese names. Links to the Dictionary table are provided.

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  • First, select Headword only or Headword and Text depending on whether you wish to search in the heading of an entry/article or through the heading and the text below it.
  • Then, in the search box, enter alphanumeric codes (e.g., LU-1), unaccented P墨ny墨n, simplified Chinese or traditional Chinese, or English (literal translation of the point name).
    Note that joined-up P墨ny墨n can be used to search for headwords, but not the whole text.
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  • A filter box below Results allows you to insert another search string to narrow your search. So, for example, if your search string is blood vacuity, you can add headache in the filter box. To find all acupoints in which blood vacuity and headache both appear, either in the headword or headword and text, depending on which selection you have made.

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  • The texts include copious links to the Dictionary table.
  • For those studying Chinese, each character of the Chinese headword is linked to the Terms table, where examples of its use can be found, together with links to stroke order animations.

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SP, Foot Greater Y墨n (t脿i y墨n) Spleen Channel Points

  • SP-1 闅愮櫧 銆旈毐鐧姐晊菒n b谩i, Hidden White
    Modern location: A little more than 1 f膿n below the base of the nail on the medial side of the big toe.
    Modern indications: Abdominal distention; bloody stool; bloody urine; menstrual irregularities; flooding and spotting; mania and withdrawal; profuse dreaming; fright wind.
  • SP-2 澶ч兘 銆斿ぇ閮姐昫脿 d奴, Great Metropolis
    Modern location: On the medial aspect of the big toe, immediately distal to the first metatarsophalangeal (mtp) joint, at the border of the red and white flesh.
    Modern indications: Abdominal distension; stomach pain; vomiting; constipation; febrile disease.
  • SP-3 澶櫧 銆斿お鐧姐晅脿i b谩i, Supreme White
    Modern location: On the medial aspect of the foot, proximal to the head and inferior to the shaft of the first metatarsal bone.
    Modern indications: Stomach pain; abdominal distension; rumbling intestines; diarrhea; constipation; hemorrhoids; leg q矛 (ji菐o q矛, beriberi); generalized heaviness and joint pain.
  • SP-5 鍟嗕笜 銆斿晢涓樸晄h膩ng qi奴, Sh膩ng Hill
    Modern location: On the medial aspect of the ankle, in the depression anterior and inferior to the medial malleolus, midway between the tip of the malleolus and the tuberosity of the navicular bone.
    Modern indications: Abdominal distension; diarrhea; constipation; jaundice; constipation; diarrhea; ankle pain.
  • SP-6 涓夐槾浜 銆斾笁闄颁氦銆晄膩n y墨n ji膩o, Three Y墨n Intersection
    Modern location: On the medial aspect of the lower leg, 3 c霉n superior to the tip of the medial malleolus, on the line connecting the malleolus and SP-9.
    Modern indications: Rumbling intestines; abdominal distension; diarrhea; menstrual irregularities; vaginal discharge; y墨n protrusion (prolapse of the uterus); infertility; difficult delivery; seminal emission; insomnia; mounting q矛 (sh脿n q矛, inguinal hernia); enuresis; wilting-impediment (w臎i b矛) of the lower limbs.
  • SP-7 婕忚胺 銆旀紡璋枫昹貌u g菙, Leaking Valley
    Modern location: On the medial aspect of the lower leg, 6 c霉n superior to the tip of the medial malleolus, slightly behind the posterior edge of the tibia, on the line connecting the malleolus and SP-9.
    Modern indications: Abdominal distension; rumbling intestines; inhibited urination; seminal emission; wilting-impediment of the lower limbs.
  • SP-8 鍦版満 銆斿湴姗熴昫矛 j墨, Earth鈥檚 Crux
    Modern location: On the medial aspect of the lower leg, slightly behind the posterior edge of the tibia, 3 c霉n inferior to SP-9 on the line connecting the medial malleolus and SP-9.
    Modern indications: Abdominal distension; diarrhea; inhibited urination; water swelling; menstrual irregularities; menstrual pain; seminal emission.
  • SP-9 闃撮櫟娉 銆旈櫚闄垫硥銆晊墨n l铆ng qu谩n, Y墨n Mound Spring
    Modern location: On the medial aspect of the lower leg, at the inferior border of the medial condyle of the tibia, between the posterior edge of the tibia and the anterior edge of the gastrocnemius muscle.
    Modern indications: Abdominal distension; diarrhea; water swelling; jaundice; inhibited urination or urinary incontinence; knee pain.
  • SP-10 琛娴 銆旇娴枫晉u猫 h菐i, Sea of Blood
    Modern location: On the anteromedial aspect of the thigh, in the prominence of the vastus medialis muscle 2 c霉n superior and slightly medial to the superior medial corner of the patella.
    Modern indications: Menstrual irregularities; amenorrhea; flooding and spotting; dormant papules: eczema; cinnabar toxin (d膩n d煤).
  • SP-11 绠曢棬 銆旂畷闁銆昷墨 m茅n, Winnower Gate
    Modern location: On the anteromedial aspect of the thigh, 6 c霉n superior to SP-10 (xu猫 h菐i), on the line connecting SP-10 (xu猫 h菐i) and SP-12 (ch艒ng m茅n).
    Modern indications: Inhibited urination; enuresis; painful swelling of the groin.
  • SP-12 鍐查棬 銆旇闁銆昪h艒ng m茅n, Surging Gate
    Modern location: In the groin, level with the superior border of the pubic bone, 3.5 c霉n lateral to the midline (just lateral to the femoral pulse).
    Modern indications: Abdominal pain; mounting q矛 (sh脿n q矛, inguinal hernia); flooding and spotting; vaginal discharge.