Acupoint+SP-3+(Tai+Bai)

**SP3 ** ** • **   **Tai Bai**    •    **Spleen** <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> **3** <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> Supreme White. Shu Stream Point on the Spleen Channel. Yuan Source Point on the Spleen Channel. Earth Point on Earth Meridian. = = =Location= <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">//On the medial foot, in the depression proximal to the first metatarsophalangeal joint, at the dorsal - plantar junction.//

=Point Summary= <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">//Regulates The Spleen and Stomach Regulates Qi Resolves Damp Heat Drains Damp// SP dampness from defic; source point

=Needling=

Depth:
0.3-0.5 cun

Technique:
Puncture Perpendicularly

Contraindications:
None

=General Indications=

Functions
benefits the SP; eliminates damp; not a primary point for edema, but used adjunctively

Indications
HA from damp; stomach or gastric pain; abdominal distension, usually due to damp; sluggishness damp feeling; mental obsessions (can't let it go), cloying kind of thing, like emotional dampness; deficient type constipation or diarrhea

Special Notes
source point; shu stream point; more tonifying than SP-2

=Diagnostic Indications:= <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Abdominal Distention **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Body Heaviness **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Borborygmus **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Constipation **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Diarrhea **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Edema **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Gastrointestinal Disorders Acute **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Headache **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Hemorrhoids **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Intestinal Disorders **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Stomach Pain **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Vomiting **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">