Jump to Main Content
 

POINT: LIV-8 (LIVER-8)  

NAME: QUQUAN

English: Spring at the Crook
Also Known As: Crooked Spring
Bending Fountain
Fountain of the Corner
Curved Spring

LOCATION:

  • Just superior to the medial end of the popliteal crease, in the depression anterior to the tendons of the m. semitendinosus and m. semimembranosis, about 1 cun anterior to KI-10 Yingu.
  • Note: It is helpful to flex the knee to locate the popliteal crease and identify the tendons, although the point may subsequently be needled with a pillow under the leg to semi-flex it. The m. semitendinosus, which lies posteriorly to the m. semimembranosis is the most prominent of the two tendons.
  • When the knee is flexed, the point is at the medial end of the transverse popliteal crease, posterior to the medial epicondyle of the tibia, in the depression of the anterior border of the insertions of the m. semitendinosus and m. semimembranosis.
  • With the knee flexed, this point can be found in the depression at the medial end of the transverse crease on the posterior aspect of the knee.
  • With the knee flexed, this point is located in the depression on the medial end of the transverse popliteal crease between the upper border of the medial epicondyle of the femur and the tendon of the semimembranosus muscle.

NEEDLING:

  • Perpendicular or slightly posterior insertion 1 to 1.5 cun.
  • Puncture perpendicularly 0.5 to 0.8 cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.
  • Straight insertion 1 to 1.5 cun. Sensation: local distention and soreness

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

  • He-Sea point of the Liver channel
  • Water point of the Liver channel
  • Tonification point of the Liver

ACTIONS:

  • Clears Damp-Heat from the Lower Jiao
  • Benefits the genitals
  • Invigorates the Blood
  • Benefits the uterus
  • Nourishes Blood and Yin
  • Benefits the Bladder
  • Relaxes the muscle channels

INDICATIONS:

  • Swelling and itching of the genitals
  • Pain of the genitals
  • Genital itching
  • Pain of the penis
  • Impotence
  • Lack of sperm
  • Seminal emission
  • Seminal emission associated with sexual taxation
  • Uterine prolapse
  • Abdominal masses in women due to Blood Stasis
  • Hypogastric masses
  • Infertility due to Blood Stasis
  • Amenorrhea
  • Swelling of the hypogastrium
  • Shan disorder
  • Pain of the abdomen and lateral costal region
  • Umbilical pain
  • Pain in the internal part of the hip
  • Sensation of swelling in the flanks
  • Diarrhea
  • Vertigo
  • Pain at the articulation of the knee
  • Generalized pains of the body
  • Swelling of the genital region
  • Eating up of the external genitalia
  • Blurred vision
  • Anger
  • Indecision
  • Person cannot tolerate change of environment or company
  • Cramped rectal discharge of thick blood
  • Vaginal prolapse
  • Lower abdominal pain
  • Lower abdominal pain that goes to the throat
  • Vaginitis
  • Prostatitis
  • Painful urinary dysfunction
  • Testicular mumps
  • Dysuria
  • Spermatorrhea
  • Nocturnal emission
  • Rheumatism of the knee with swelling
  • Pain in the knee and calf with an icy Cold sensation
  • Intestinal hemorrhage
  • Edema of the abdomen and flanks
  • Madness
  • Difficult urination
  • Retention of urine
  • Painful and rough urination
  • Enuresis
  • Nephritis
  • Anuria
  • Diarrhea with undigested food in the stool
  • Diarrhea with pus and Blood
  • No pleasure in eating
  • Mania disorder
  • Headache
  • Visual dizziness
  • Epistaxis
  • Redness, Heat, swelling and pain of the eyes
  • Dyspnea
  • Knee pain
  • Swelling and pain of the patella
  • Coldness and pain of the knee and lower leg
  • Pain of the inner thigh
  • Extreme pain of the body
  • Problems with sight
  • Anhydrosis
  • Agitated madness
  • Suffocation
  • Colic
  • External swelling of the leg
  • Damp-Heat dysentery
  • Dizziness
  • Very bad fear
  • Jealousy
  • Depression
  • Very fragile - cannot take one more trial or tribulation
  • Fibroid tumors
  • Pruritis vulvae
  • Drug-induced disorders
  • Unable to lift head to see close up, or in the distance
  • Hernia pain
  • Urinary tract infection
  • Dysmenorrhea due to Blood Stasis
  • Abdominal pain
  • Muscular contracture of the knee inhibiting movement
  • Dysentery
  • Dysentery with pus and Blood
  • Menstrual disorders in girls
  • Tuberculosis due to debauchery
  • Paraplegia

COMBINATIONS:

REN-7
Yinjiao

LIV-2
Xingjian

UB-67
Zhiyin
REN-3
Zhongji

Itching of the genitals

Retention of urine

Pain of the penis

Seminal emission

LIV-4
Zhongfeng
LIV-3
Taichong
UB-67
Zhiyin
UB-17
Geshu
UB-20
Pishu
SP-6
Sanyinjiao
UB-23
Shenshu
REN-4
Guanyuan
UB-22
Sanjiaoshu

KI-5
Shuiquan
KI-6
Zhaohai
UB-62
Shenmai

 

 

KI-6
Zhaohai
LIV-1
Dadun

or

LIV-3
Taichong
KI-6
Zhaohai
HT-8
Shaofu

Seminal emission with dreams

Uterine prolapse (100 moxa cones on Ququan)

Uterine prolapse

KI-6
Zhaohai
SP-6
Sanyinjiao

LIV-4
Zhongfeng
REN-9
Shuifen

LIV-3
Taichong

Lower abdominal pain from the seven kinds of Shan disorder

Pain of the umbilical region

Diarrhea with thin stools

Dysenteric disorder with Blood in the stools

UB-60
Kunlun
UB-58
Feiyang
SI-2
Qiangu
SI-1
Shaoze
HT-5
Tongli

UB-11
Dazhu

LIV-7
Xiguan

Headache and dizziness

All wind, Bi, atrophy and inversion diseases

Pain of the medial aspect of the knee

ST-34
Liangqiu
GB-33
Xiyangguan

LIV-12
Jimai
SP-6
Sanyinjiao

KI-6
Zhaohai
LIV-1
Dadun

Contraction of the sinews and difficulty flexing and extending the knee with inability to walk

Hernia pain

Severe prolapsed uterus

LIV-2
Xingjian

 

 

Retained urine

Penile pain

 

 

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

NOTES:

  • This point acts mainly on the genitals and lower abdomen.
  • Its main function is to eliminate Damp-Heat from the Lower Jiao.
  • It is effective for both Damp-Heat and Cold-Damp.