Name
商丘
- Shang Qiu
- Metal Mound
- Direction of the Mountain
Location
On the ankle, in the center of a depression in front of and below the medial malleolus (in the angle formed).
Nature
- Jing-River Point
- Metal Point
- Son point, Drainage
Actions
- Disperses the Spleen in case of fullness (accumulations and heat): borborigmus, difficulty evacuating, gas, abdominal pain, difficulty breathing, sadness, weight gain (if Earth is blocked dampness accumulates and weight increases), anxiety eating.
- Disperses Dampness and Heat in the lower body (infection): cystitis, pain in the urinary tract, pelvis, genitals, candida
- If the woman does not become pregnant: moves the Earth if it is blocked
- Sweet tropism
- Local point for ankle pain
Comments
Harmonizes Spleen and Liver. When there is excessive appetite, especially for sweets, with eating anxiety, dampness and slow digestion: ST-41 + SP-5 removes eating anxiety.
Treatment
- Needling: 0.3 CUN
- Moxibustion