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POINT: SP-4 (SPLEEN-4)  

NAME: GONGSUN

English: Grandfather Grandson
Also Known As: Grandfather's Grandson
Public Grandson
Prince's Grandson
Supreme Grandchild
General Minute Connecting Channels
Ancestor and Descendant

LOCATION:

  • On the medial side of the foot, in the depression distal and inferior to the base of the first metatarsal bone.
    Note: first locate SP-3 Taibai, then slide proximally along the shaft of the first metatarsal bone until it reaches the depression at the base of the bone (approximately 1 cun).
  • In the depression distal and inferior to the base of the first metatarsal bone, at the junction of the red and white skin.
  • On the medial aspect of the foot, at the anterior, inferior margin of the first metatarsus, one cun behind the joint of the big toe.
  • Approximately 1 cun posterior to SP-3 Taibai, in the depression distal and inferior to the base of the first metatarsal bone, at the junction of the red and white skin.

NEEDLING:

  • Perpendicular insertion 0.5 to 1 cun.
  • Puncture perpendicularly 0.5 to 0.8 cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

  • Luo-Connecting point of the Spleen channel
  • Master (Confluent) point of the Chong-channel

ACTIONS:

  • Fortifies the Spleen
  • Tonifies the Spleen and Stomach
  • Regulates the Spleen and Stomach
  • Harmonizes the Middle Jiao
  • Regulates Qi
  • Resolves Dampness
  • Transforms Damp-Heat
  • Calms the Shen
  • clears the brain
  • Benefits the Heart and chest
  • Regulates and invigorates the Chong channel
  • Stops bleeding
  • Dispels fullness
  • Pacifies the Stomach
  • Removes obstructions
  • Regulates menstruation
  • Regulates the Middle and Lower Jiaos
  • Reduces digestive Stagnation
  • Tonifies Yuan Qi
  • Clears Heat
  • Invigorates the Blood

INDICATIONS:

  • Epigastric pain
  • Vomiting
  • Excessive vomiting
  • Cold in the Stomach
  • Lack of pleasure in eating
  • Esophageal constriction
  • Abdominal pain and distention
  • Distention and pain of the umbilical region
  • Cutting pain of the Intestines
  • Drum distention (Intestines hard like a drum)
  • Borborygmus
  • Diarrhea
  • Undigested food in the stools
  • Dysenteric disorder
  • Hemafecia
  • Tenesmus
  • Sudden turmoil disorder
  • Heel pain
  • Heat in the soles of the feet
  • Anorexia
  • Nervousness
  • Word delirium
  • Fright
  • Depression
  • Self pity
  • Cynicism
  • High Blood pressure
  • Acute and chronic enteritis
  • Foot and ankle pain
  • Seizures
  • Suppressed appetite in pulmonary tuberculosis
  • Intestinal clumping
  • Chronic loose stools Hysteria with hiccups
  • Excessive sleepiness
  • Morning sickness
  • Chest pain
  • Disorders of the Stomach with frequent vomiting and abdominal pain
  • Cholera
  • Does not eat or drink
  • Stomach pain due to Spleen disorder
  • Enterorrhagia
  • Fever with abundant sweating, divagation and great thirst
  • Lower abdominal pain
  • Mania-depression
  • Manic raving
  • Insomnia
  • Restlessness
  • Epilepsy
  • All types of Heart pain
  • Gallbladder Deficiency
  • Much sighing
  • Irregular menstruation
  • Late menstruation
  • Gynecological disorders
  • Retention of the placenta
  • Retention of the lochia
  • Swelling of the head and face
  • Edema
  • Leg Qi
  • Jaundice
  • Malaria
  • Cold malaria
  • Abundant perspiration due to an attack of Wind-Cold
  • Unquenchable thirst
  • Tremendous swelling of the abdomen
  • Great agitation
  • Whining
  • Martyrdom
  • Hyper-acidity in the Stomach
  • Stomach ache
  • Endometritis
  • Tidal fevers
  • Stomach or upper abdominal pain due to Blood Stagnation
  • Indigestion
  • Incoherent speech
  • Endometriosis
  • Poor digestion
  • Acute and chronic gastritis
  • Pain in the abdomen, sides and Intestines
  • Spasms of the lower abdomen
  • Gastric spasms
  • Postpartum syncope
  • Facial dropsy
  • Endocarditis
  • Malaise below the navel
  • Discomfort in the cardiac region

COMBINATIONS:

PC-6
Neiguan

ST-41
Jiexi
REN-12
Zhongwan
ST-36
Zusanli

SP-3
Taibai
 ST-25
Tianshu
UB-22
Sanjiaoshu

Abdominal pain

Liver Qi stagnation Attacking the Spleen or Stomach

Food Stagnation in the mid-abdomen and stabbing pain that does not cease

Borborygmus

FT-40
Fenglong
LI-5
Yangxi
REN-17
Shanzhong

REN-14
Juque
SJ-1
Guanchong
SJ-6
Zhigou
ST-41
Jiexi

ST-44
Neiting
ST-45
Lidui

Vomiting Phlegm

Watery diarrhea

Sudden turmoil disorder

Chronic malaria with no pleasure eating

SJ-6
Zhigou
GB-34
Yanglingquan
LIV-13
Zhangmen

GB-34
Yanglingquan

ST-36
Zusanli
ST-44
Neiting

Pain of the lateral costal region

Swelling of the face and head

Bleeding of the upper digestive tract

PC-6
Neiguan
M-CA-8
Jibianxue

KI-1
Yongquan
KI-2
Rangu
ST-36
Zusanli
ST-34
Liangqiu

ST-42
Chongyang
ST-36 (moxa)
Zusanli

Acute and chronic gastroenteritis

Leprosy

Leg Qi

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

NOTES:

  • This point has a pronounced effect on emotional disorders.
  • This is a major point for abdominal pain above the navel.
  • This point is usually coupled with PC-6 Neiguan for abdominal pain and especially for Liver Qi Stagnation Attacking the Spleen.
  • This point is good for someone who feels they have no future.
  • It is most frequently used for Excess conditions, such as Dampness in the epigastrium, Blood stasis of the Stomach, Stomach Heat and Rebellious Stomach Qi.
  • It is best for Intestinal pain above the navel.