Sp-8

Sp-8

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After 4th monthAcupuncture
Channel
Element
English

Earth Pivot

Name

地機

Transliteration

Diji

Special Point
Xi-CleftKey Point
Description

Xi-Cleft point of the Spleen channel

Indications
menstruation
Kinesiology
key point for menstruation
Channel Psychology

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

Key Spirit Point Themes
Stagnation re needs
Symptoms

Irregular menstruation, painful & difficult menstruation, abdominal masses in women, distension of the abdomen and lateral costal region, pain of the abdomen, poor appetite, diarrhoea with thin stools, inflamed colon, difficult urination, oedema, white vaginal discharge, seminal emission, lumbar pain, insufficiency of essence

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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.