SP13

Fushe

Star

府舍 (Fǔshè) — Bowel Abode

Spleen channel · point 13

Not yet clinically reviewed

Meeting point of the Spleen and Liver channels with the Yin Wei Mai

Traditionally used for

Digestion
Bowel health

Location

On the lower abdomen, 4.3 cun below the centre of the umbilicus, 4 cun lateral to the anterior midline.

How to locate: Measure 4 cun lateral to the midline at the level of the upper border of the pubic symphysis, then 0.7 cun upward; the point is in a depression at the inguinal groove, 0.5 cun lateral and 0.7 cun above SP12.

Distances are in cun, a proportional unit — how to measure.

Body map, front: SP13 · Lower abdomen — Fig. — SP13 · Lower abdomen After Albinus, 1747

The abdominal regions — Gray's Anatomy plate — The abdominal regions Gray's Anatomy, 1918

3D view

3D view not available for this point: its position can't be carried onto the 3D model reliably (it failed a placement check). The 2D maps above show it.

Needling

Cited needling

Perpendicular insertion

Depth 1–1.5 cun

skindeeper

Depths describe average adult habitus in the cited population, never a single safe number for the patient in front of you. Palpate and adjust.

Sources (1)

Deadman P, Al-Khafaji M, Baker K. A Manual of Acupuncture. Hove: Journal of Chinese Medicine Publications; 1998 — p. 199 Supports: techniques (names this point)

Site notes · not cited

Depth: 0.7–1.2 cun

Angle: Perpendicular

Functions

Regulates qi and relieves abdominal pain
Dissipates accumulation

Indications

Lower abdominal pain and massesherniaconstipationspleen and abdominal fullness

Sources

World Health Organization. WHO Standard Acupuncture Point Locations in the Western Pacific Region. Manila: WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2008. (Location.)
Focks C, ed. Atlas of Acupuncture. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2008. (Locating method and actions.)

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