Acupoint+SP-6+San+Yin+Jiao

Three Yin Intersection. Meeting Point on the Spleen Channel with the Liver and Kidney Channels. = = =Location= 3 cun directly above the tip of the medial malleolus, on the posterior border of the medial aspect of the tibia.
 * [[image:sp6.jpg align="right"]]SP6 ** ** • ** **San Yin Jiao** • **Spleen** **6**

=Point Summary= //Regulates The Spleen And Stomach Drains Damp Regulates the Liver Qi - emotional irritability Regulates the Uterus and Menstruation Regulates the Lower Burner Regulates Urination Calms the Spirit - by its relationship to Heart, enough Blood to house the Shen Invigorates Blood Activates the Channel Benefits the Genitals// //Reduces High Blood Pressure// //Cools Blood, Clears Blood-heat - Skin disease Alleviates Pain Tonifies the Kidneys Induces Labor// yin point; gyn point; strengthen SP, KD, yin, blood; moving in lower abdomen; calms the mind; all reproductive issues

=Needling=

Depth:
0.5 - 1.0 cun

Technique:
Puncture Perpendicularly

Contraindications:

 * No needling or moxa during pregnancy.**

=General Indications=

Functions
big yin point; big GYN point; strengthen SP; spreads the LV qi; benefits the KD; helps movement and transformation of SP qi; transforms qi stagnation in lower jiao; regulates blood; moves blood and eliminates stasis; nourishes blood yin and qi; stops pain

Indications
diseases of reproductive system; distension or pain in abdomen; diarrhea; hemiplegia; neurasthenia; eczema; urticaria; deficient and weak conditions of SP and ST; borborygmous; poor digestion; irregular menstruation; almost any reproductive system problem

Special Notes
3 yin crossing; contraindicated in pregnancy; with ST-36, BL-17, BL-20 to tonify blood; w/ a yin qiao use KI-6; w/ HT-7 for over thinking insomnia w/ ST-27, BL-52, BL-23 for male repro issues

=Diagnostic Indications:= Abdominal Distention ** • ** Abdominal Pain ** • ** Amenorrhea ** • ** Borborygmus ** • ** Diarrhea ** • ** Digestive Disturbances ** • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dizziness **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dysmenorrhea **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dysuria **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Eczema **<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;">Failure to Discharge Placenta **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Genital Pain **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hemiplegia **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hernia **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hypertension **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Impotence **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Infertility **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Insomnia **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Labor Difficult **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Leg Muscle Atrophy **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Leg Pain **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Leg Paralysis **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Leukorrhea **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Menses Irregular **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Neurasthenia **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Nocturnal Emissions **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Reproductive System Disorders **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Urinary Dysfunction **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Urinary Incontinence **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Urticaria **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Uterine Bleeding Abnormal **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Uterine Prolapse **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Vertigo **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">High Blood Pressure **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">• **

=Soulie De Morant Indications= Disperses the Stomach and Intestines** Direct Effects: Cold of the whole body, or the limbs, or of the extremities Yawning until the jaw dislocates. Blood and circulation: (compare energy of Hegu, LI-4 and vitamin K - antihemorrhage), angina of the chest; atherosclerosis; hypotension; tonify. Hypertension: disperse; bleeding hemorrhoids: disperse; hemorrhages: disperse. Genital system: women: all troubles of blood, insufficient menses, difficult conception, easy miscarriage: tonify (insufficient blood, excess energy). Profuse menses, easy conception, no miscarriages: disperse (excess blood, insufficient energy). Menses: delayed - if from weakness, anemia: tonify; if with fullness, pains, spasms: disperse. Menses too abundant, too prolonged, red discharge; metrorrhagia, mostly after confinement: disperse. Menopause: all troubles, hot flashes, night sweats: tonify (and disperse Hegu, LI-4). After menopause: if obese, tonify; if rheumatic: disperse. Leukorrhea: tonif. Conception difficult, miscarriages easy: tonify. Paralysis of uterus, sterility: tonify (and disperse Hegu, LI-4). Conceives too easily: disperse (and tonify Hegu, LI-4). Confinement prolonged, difficult: disperse. After delivery, metrorrhagia: disperse; fainting: tonify. Pains of the clitoris or vagina: disperse Men: testicles, all trouble; penis pain, seminal losses: tonify; gonorrhea in the morning, urethritis. Stomach: inflammation, thready saliva; bad digestion, painful or weak, insufficient. Stomach and Intestines: chronic troubles. Vomits water after meals, vomits mucus after drinking and with pain. Intestines: abdomen swollen, full: pain, spasms, constipation; or dysentery; thick diarrhea from undigestedfood; bleeding hemorrhoids; cholera, cold of the extremities; beriberi; insufficient, empty gallbladder. Spleen (right point) and pancreas (left point): insufficiency, waist swollen. Liver insufficient and swollen. Kidney: "way of the Kidney": disperse, five times in succession; urine insufficient, to the point of anuria; or incontinence: tonify; incontinence of children. Hernia, intolerable pain under the umbilicus, urine stopped.** Parts of the Body Back at the level of the scapula same side. Lower limb mostly medial: cold flaccidity; or pain, contracture; anterior and inferior knee, pains; anterior lower leg, cramos: tonify; feet: cold, flaccidity, cannot walk.
 * When tonified:
 * Tonifies Spleen (right), pancreas (left), Liver, Kidney, frontal lobes, cerebellum, pons, spinal cord, sexual organs, raises the blood pressure, warms the extremities.
 * Laziness, lassitude, heaviness; insomnia from fatigue; weakness of nerves and brain; contrariness (children), fear of visitors, timid; aged people, empty of energy
 * Cold of the extremities same side.

=Psycho-Spiritual Components= For very deep depression, when someone is desperate, wants to run away, "throw up" job, family and food, and can't stand it anymore. A person** may say "I've reached my limit, I've gone as far as I can go." **Nervous depressions, insomnia, fear,** very deep depression, genuinely desperate and want to throw the whole thing in or run away from their work, family, etc**.[JRW] Links and** binds the Yin, keeping the body and soul together **Useful for** chaotic states of mind, psychological dis-integration, and for people who's lives are unraveling**. As an Earth point, affects the integration of mind and body, clarifying the receptive matrix. Often with St-36 for blood and digestion; with SP-9 for fluid metabolism and urination problems. Calms the mind by tonifying Blood and balancing the Yin [ALHIM]