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SP5

Shangqiu

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商丘 (Shāngqiū) — Shang Hill

Spleen channel · point 5

Not yet clinically reviewed

Jing-River pointMetal pointMetal point of the Spleen channelSedation (son) point

Traditionally used for

  • Digestion
  • Bowel health
  • Mood & calm
  • Nerves & recovery
  • Liver & jaundice

Location

On the medial aspect of the foot, anteroinferior to the medial malleolus, in the depression midway between the tuberosity of the navicular bone and the prominence of the medial malleolus — where a vertical line along the anterior border of the malleolus meets a horizontal line along its inferior border (between LV4 in front and KI6 behind).

How to locate: Find where a vertical line along the front edge of the medial malleolus crosses a horizontal line along its lower edge; the point is in the depression there, about midway between the malleolus and the navicular tuberosity.

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

Body map, front: SP5 · Foot
Fig. — SP5 · Foot After Albinus, 1747
Body map, front: SP5 · Foot

SP5 · Foot · Albinus, Tabulae sceleti et musculorum, 1747

Bones of the foot, dorsal — Gray's Anatomy plate
Bones of the foot, dorsal Gray's Anatomy, 1918
Bones of the foot, dorsal — Gray's Anatomy plate

Bones of the foot, dorsal · Gray's Anatomy, 1918

3D view

3D view not available for this point: its position on the 3D model couldn't be checked against its location text, so it is not shown. The 2D maps above show it.

Needling

Cited needling

Techniques — the source gives these as alternatives:

  1. Perpendicular insertion
    Depth 0.2–0.3 cun
    skindeeper
  2. Transverse insertion — beneath the tendons towards, or to join with, Jiexi ST41

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)
  1. Deadman P, Al-Khafaji M, Baker K. A Manual of Acupuncture. Hove: Journal of Chinese Medicine Publications; 1998 — p. 188 Supports: techniques (names this point)

Site notes · not cited

Depth: 0.3–0.5 cun
Angle: Perpendicular

Functions

  • Strengthens the Spleen and resolves dampness
  • Benefits the sinews and bones, especially the ankle, and activates the channel
  • Calms the spirit

Indications

Abdominal distension and borborygmusconstipation and diarrhoeaankle pain and swellingheaviness of the bodyjaundicechildhood convulsions

Balance Method partners

Under Dr. Tan's six systems, SP5 at the foot balances these channels at the regions its segment images.

Classical calendar method · 子午流注

When the tables open SP5

The hours Zi Wu Liu Zhu names this point at, by method. Times are the double-hour's start in UTC.

  • 己巳 09:00–11:00 Na Jia Fa, 癸-day sequence · Jing-River (經)

    「己巳商丘內踝邊」

    Next: Sat 17 Oct, 09:00

  • 巳 09:00–11:00 Na Zi Fa, SP channel · reduce (瀉)

    「瀉用巳時，商丘，為經金」

    Next: Thu 15 Oct, 09:00

A classical reference, not a recommendation: the tables say when the method opens this point, not that it is the point to needle. Open points by the hour →

Similar Points

Shangqu how are these connected? (Shangqu) Shanglian how are these connected? (Shanglian)

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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