SP 8 Acupuncture Point - Di Ji - Spleen Meridian
- Chinese Name Diji
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English Name Earth's Crux
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Location: 3 cun below SP 9 on line connecting SP 9 and the tip of the medial malleolus.
- Point Associations:
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Xi Cleft Point.
- Actions & Effects:
- Xi Cleft Point - acute and painful menstrual issues due to Blood stagnation - clotting, fibroids, dysmenorrhea, irregular menstruation.
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Male infertility - seminal emission, depleted essence.
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Spleen Meridian Points (21):
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21
Sources and More Information
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