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POINT: SP-8 (SPLEEN-8)  

NAME: DIJI

English: Earth Pivot
Also Known As: Earth's Mechanism
Earth Motivator
Terrestrial Mechanism
Earth Mound

LOCATION:

  • 3 cun inferior to the medial condyle of the tibia, on the line connecting SP-9 Yinlingquan and the medial malleolus
  • At the posterior margin of the tibia, 3 cun below SP-9 Yinlingquan
  • On the medial side of the lower leg, 3 cun inferior to SP-9 Yinlingquan, in a depression just posterior to the medial crest of the tibia
  • Note: This point is most easily located 1 handbreadth inferior to SP-9 Yinlingquan.
              Alternatively, it may be located at the junction of the upper third and lower two thirds of the           line drawn between the popliteal crease and the prominence of the medial malleolus.

NEEDLING:

  • Straight insertion 1.5 to 2.5 cun, causing distention and soreness, possibly extending throughout the lower leg
  • Perpendicular or oblique insertion 1 to 1.5 cun

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

  • Xi-Cleft (Accumulating) point of the Spleen channel
  • Gueki (secondary source) point

ACTIONS:

  • Removes obstructions from the channel
  • Regulates menstruation
  • Invigorates the Blood
  • Regulates Qi and Blood
  • Harmonizes the Blood
  • Harmonizes the Spleen
  • Resolves Dampness
  • Moderates acute conditions
  • Regulates the uterus
  • Stops pain
  • Promotes spermatogenesis

INDICATIONS:

  • Amenorrhea due to Blood Stasis
  • Dysmenorrhea
  • Irregular menstruation
  • Abnormal uterine bleeding
  • Edema
  • Abdominal and flank distention
  • Lower back pain
  • Difficult urination
  • Leukorrhea
  • Diarrhea
  • Diarrhea with thin stools
  • Dysuria
  • All articular troubles
  • Lumbago where you see visible sticking in the joints
  • Ascites
  • Hard abdomen
  • Insufficient virility
  • "Bad Blood" in the abdomens of women
  • Abnormal uterine bleeding
  • Zheng Jia (abdominal masses in women)
  • Infertility
  • Spermatorrhea
  • Urinary incontinence
  • Urinary incontinence
  • Chills
  • Stiffness and pain of the lower back and knees
  • Nocturnal emissions
  • Colic
  • Hemorrhoids
  • Scanty menses
  • Restrictions of movement
  • Anorexia
  • Dysentery
  • Scanty urine
  • Kidney pain preventing lying on the front or back
  • Lumbar pain with a sensation of Heat in the upper body and inability to turn head
  • Abdominal pain
  • Leukorrhea
  • Jing insufficiency

COMBINATIONS:

KI-13
Qixue
SP-6
Sanyinjiao

or

SP-10
Xuehai

LI-4
Hegu

ST-27
Daju
LIV-6
Zhongdu

Irregular menstruation

Menstrual pain

Cold-Damp Shan disorder

SP-9
Yinlingquan
REN-9
Shuifen
KI-21
Youmen
UB-27
Xiaochangshu

 

 

No pleasure in eating

 

 

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

NOTES:

  • This point is frequently used in acute cases of dysmenorrhea to stop pain.
  • If other Spleen points are not working well, try this point. It shakes up Earth.
  • This point has a specific and important action on resolving Blood Stasis in the uterus and lower abdomen.