SP 9 Acupuncture Point is called as yīn líng qúan. Yin means the Yin of Yin-Yang. Ling means Hill. Quan means Spring. Yin here means interior. The point lies in the depression of the interior border of the medial epicondyle of the tibia like a spring at the foot of a hill
SP 9 Acupuncture Point Location
In the depression in the angle formed by the medial condyle of the tibia and the posterior border of the tibia
On the medial leg, on the inferior border of the medial condyle of the tibia, in the depression between the posterior border of the tibia and gastrocnemius muscle. Needle perpendicularly 0.5 – 1 cun.
SP 9 Acupuncture Point Names
陰陵泉 yīn líng qúan
Spleen 9 Yin Mound Spring
Speciality
He Sea Point on the Spleen Channel.
Water Point on Earth Meridian
He-Sea (Water) Point
Functions
- Regulates Spleen and resolves dampness
- Opens and moves the water passages
- Benefits the lower jiao
Indication
- Abdominal Distention
- Edema
- Jaundice
- Diarrhea
- Dysuria
- Incontinence of Urine
- Pain of the external genetalia
- Seminal Emission
- Pain in the knee
- abdominal distention, pain in lower abdomen, jaundice, diarrhea
- edema, swelling of limbs, retention of urine, difficult urination, enuresis
- seminal emission, leukorrhea, pain in genitals
- fullness below Heart, fullness in lateral costal regionlumbar pain, pain and swelling of knee
Diseases
Abdominal distension or pain, oedema, knee and leg pain and low back pain
Discomfort
Area of Protection
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