Acupoint+SP-8+(Di+Ji)

Earth's Crux. Xi Cleft Point on the Spleen Channel. = = =Location= 3 cun below SP-9, on the line joining the tip of the medial malleolus and SP-9.
 * [[image:sp8.jpg align="right"]]SP8 ** ** • ** **Di Ji** • **Spleen** **8** 

=Point Summary= //Regulates the Uterus// //Regulates Qi and Blood (period)// //Strengthens Spleen, moves dampness// //Stops Seminal Emission// //Moderates Acute Conditions Invigorates Blood// //Removes Channel Obstruction// xi cleft; moving in lower abdomen; stuck blood; channel obstruction; with SP-4 and ST-29 and SP-6

=Needling= 0.5-1.0 cun; Puncture Perpendicularly

=Contraindications:= None

=General Indications=

Functions
harmonizes blood and regulates uterus; transforms blood stagnation; moves blood, therefore stops pain and removes obstruction in channel; moving point because a xi cleft; moving to lower abdomen, especially for stuck blood stagnation, not stuck qi

Special Notes
with LI-4 for dysmennorhea from stagnation also SP-4, ST-29, CV-6, BL-32, LR-3 - CV-4 if deficiency; with CV-12, ST-34 for stuck food; some believe that SP-8 is better for qi stagnation than SP-10, which really moves blood stagnation

=Diagnostic Indications:= Abdominal Distention ** • ** Digestive Disturbances ** • ** Dysenteric Disorder ** • ** Dysmenorrhea ** • ** Edema ** • ** Lumbar Pain ** • ** Menses Irregular **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Menstrual Disorders **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">No Appetite **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Seminal Emissions **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Urogenital Disorders **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Emotional Stuckness **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">• **

=Soulie De Morant Indications= Tonifies Spleen (right), pancreas (left), sexual organs, Kidneys, hip joint, posterior knee, anterior arch, plantar side of big toe. Disperses the Stomach Dispersing acts in the opposite way. Sexual organs: Men: testicles insufficient; sperm insufficient, without active spermazoa. Women: vaginal secretions too abundant: tonify; or insufficient: disperse; menses too abundant: tonify. Leukorrhea: tonify; congestion of uterus: tonify. Kidney: insufficiency of urine to the point of anuria and abdominal edema (ascites). Stomach: cramps, no appetite; pasty diarrhea. Hip joint, mostly posterior. Posterior knee, anterior arch (extensors of the toe) flabby: tonify; and flexor longus of the great toe flabby: tonify (great toe up and the other four down).
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=Psycho-Spiritual Components= The Spleen works hard transporting Qi around the body. With all Earth CF's question whether you need to start off by motivating the Earth. Some people's Earth has not been turned over in generations. **Earth turning point**. Use if there is a blockage, the energy is impeded, for lack of or excess of Qi. **If the Spleen gets sluggish or hyper, this point helps revitalize or calm down**. Turning the Earth, plowing the soil, elimination Earth element stagnation, plowing the Earth before planting seeds. This **turning over of the soil (which may be hard, compacted, waterlogged, etc.) is needed to prepare it to receive**. **If a person has been on drugs for years and there are a lot of toxins, this will help to open up and cleanse**. Physically get the Earth moving, like a bulldozer forcing it to move, once it is moving, then you can transfer and direct the energy. If the horary point SP-3 doesn't help, then shake it up here. All articular problems, restriction of movement, when the Qi and Blood do not flow freely, irregular menstruation.[JRW]

Earth is not just about digestion and our physical form; Earth is also about the whole extent of our experience. Our body is not what we think it is but it becomes what we think it is. There is a tendency to continue by momentum, to always see things from a fixed point of view. **When it is no longer acceptable for things to remain the way that they are, it is necessary to look at things differently**. The secret is to **learn how to think in a new way, to operate from a different paradigm; metanoia**. We can do a lot to break through the stagnation here. This point **helps to balance the Spleen, and the whole metabolic system**. This is the only point in the series which is a mirror image: 48||84 [ALHIM]

Very Special Taoist/Esoteric Point: Name Earth Crux/Celestial Secrets: **tapping into the inner most thoughts of the body**, meditation point. Used to help in predicting the future.[Jacob]