SANYINJIAO SP-6

SANYINJIAO SP-6 THREE YIN INTERSECTION

Meeting point of the Spleen, Liver and Kidney meridians

Location: On the medial side of the lower leg, 3 cun superior to the prominence of the medial malleolus, in a depression near the medial crest of the tibia.

This point is most readily found one handbreadth superior to the prominence of the medial malleolus.

Needling: Perpendicular or oblique proximal insertion, 1 to 1.5 cun.

Warning: Contraindicated in pregnancy.

Actions: Tonifies the Spleen and Stomach.

Settles dampness.

Balances the Liver and tonifies the Kidneys.

Controls menstruation and induces labor.

Balances the lower jiao.

Controls urination and assists the genitals.

Soothes the spirit.

Strengthens the blood.

Stimulates the meridian and relieves pain.

Signs and symptoms: Spleen and Stomach deficiency, Spleen deficiency with heavy body, heavy body with heaviness of the four extremities, edema, borborygmus, diarrhea, undigested food (in the stool), abdominal distension, cold abdomen, intolerable pain below the umbilicus, Spleen pain, fullness and distension of the Heart and abdomen, no wish to eat and drink, vomiting of fluid after eating, sudden turmoil disorder.

Irregular menstruation, uterine bleeding, uterine bleeding with dizziness, menorrhagia, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, abdominal (zheng jia) masses in women, leucorrhea, uterine prolapse.

Infertility, restless fetus syndrome, transverse presentation, delayed labor, prolonged or difficult labor, retention of lochia, retention of dead fetus, post-partum dizziness.

Seminal emission, seminal emission with dreaming, sexual hyperactivity in males, impotence, genital pain, pain of the penis, contracted testicles, shan disorder, pain caused by shan disorder.

Difficult urination, enuresis, the five types of painful urinary dysfunction, cloudy urine, white turbidity.

Palpitations, insomnia, Gallbladder deficiency, sudden fright disorder in children.

Dizziness, blurred vision, tinnitus, yawning, hypertension.

Leg pain, crane’s knee, damp painful obstruction, atrophy disorder and painful obstruction of the lower extremities, hemiplegia, heat in the soles of the feet, shin pain, eczema, urticaria, counterflow cold of the foot and hand.

Reference: A Manual of Acupuncture by Peter Deadman, Mazin Al-Khafaji and Kevin Baker