Sp-3

Sp-3

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Channel
Element
English

Supreme White

Name

太白

Transliteration

Taibai

Special Point
Key PointShu StreamYuan PointEarth Point
Description

Shu-Stream, Yuan-Source and Earth point of the Spleen channel

Indications
spleen dampness damp-heat stomach qi
Kinesiology
key point for digestion diarrhoea bone joint knee & lumbar pain chest & abdominal pain fibro myalgia arthritis
Channel Psychology

Sp: worry, anxiety, over thinking, fulfilled. My best is not good enough.

Point Psychology
Heaviness of the body confusion
Key Spirit Point Themes
true to inner child
Symptoms

Deficiency of the Spleen and Stomach, heaviness of the body with pain of the bones, oppressive sensation of the four limbs, bowel sounds, diarrhoea, undigested food in the stool, inflamed colon, constipation, haemorrhoids, pain of the abdomen, distension of the abdomen or epigastrium or the chest and lateral costal region, pain of the epigastrium and/or heart, vomiting, hunger with no pleasure in eating, febrile disease with fullness and oppression and inability to lie down, pain of the forehead, heat in the body with agitation and fullness, pain of the knee and thigh, joint pains, lumbar pain, atrophy disorder, poor memory and brain power – weakened by excessive mental work

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The point information was compiled from multiple sources including College of Complementary Medicine, Sydney Australia. Point location diagram recreated from A Manual of Acupuncture, P Deadman.