Acupoint+SP-7+(Lou+Gu)

Leaking Valley. = = =Location= //On the medial leg, 6 cun superior to the medial malleolus, posterior to the medial margin of the tibia.//
 * [[image:sp7.jpg align="right"]]SP7 ** ** • ** **Lou Gu** • Spleen 7

=Point Summary= //Regulates Urination// //Strengthens Spleen, Moves Dampness// //Tonifies the Kidney// //Reduces Swelling//

=Needling= 0.5-1.0 cun; Puncture Perpendicularly

=Contraindications:= None

=Diagnostic Indications:= Abdominal Distention And Fullness ** • ** Borborygmus ** • ** Difficult Urination ** • ** Flatulence ** • ** Knee Pain ** • ** Leg Numbness And Pain ** • **

=Soulie De Morant Indications= Tonifies Spleen (right), pancreas (left), Liver, Kidneys, genital organs, cerebellum, posterior nape, along the vertebrae to the bottom of the scapula, same side. Disperses Stomach and Large Intestine Loss of vitality, neurasthenia (weakness of the nerves); yawning, sorrow; nervous crises from weakness; hysteria? stiffness? Spleen (right point) and pancreas (left point) insufficient; distended along with the Liver; swollen abdomen, gas; beriberi. Heart: angina of the chest, cold. Extraordinary leakage. Men: seminal losses. Kidneys, Bladder: profuse urine, day and night: tonify; or insufficient: disperse; ureters: inflammation. Augmentation of volume and weight from water retention: disperse. Thinness from too abundant urine: tonify. Rheumatism and pain from humidity. Nape, along the dorsal spine to the level of the base of the scapula, all the muscles. Posterior inferior thigh to the knee, all muscles. Four last toes: flexor commonalis (without the great toe)
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=Psycho-Spiritual Components= Drainage control, especially to control "leakage" Water retention - there is little urine passed because the water has leaked out of the waterway to other places. There is edema from water which has collected in places outside of the system i.e. where it is not usually found: swollen ankles, legs, feet, hands, abdomen, etc. The primary function of urination is to flush the whole body of wastes. When little urine is passed the system is not getting properly flushed out, and wastes are retained. A person who is saturated with fluid and impurities will be less sensitive, there is numbness and swelling, a buildup of toxins. This point is more often used with a deficiency of urine than with an excess. .[JRW]

Excess Yin, accumulations of damp and cold. Loss of vitality; neurasthenia (weakness of the nerves); yawning; sorrow; nervous crises from weakness; hysteria? [ALHIM]