Name

脾俞

• Pi Shu
• Back Transporting Point of the Spleen
• Transport to offer at the Spleen

Location

Below T11, 1.5 CUN lateral to Governing Vessel

Nature

• Back Transporting Point of Spleen

Functions

• Tonifies the functions of Spleen. See Spleen-Qi deficiency.
• Poor appetite, fatigue, diarrhea, abdominal distension, lack of strength in the limbs, emaciation, bleeding, somnolence
• Treats all accumulation within the body: blood, phlegm, fluids, dampness, tumors, masses

Treatment

• Needling: 0.3-0.5 CUN transverse insertion
• Moxibustion

Interactions

• Diabetes: BL-18, BL-23, SP-6
• Internal dampness: ST-36, SP-4
• Abdominal pain without appetite: BL-21