Name
地機
- Di Ji
- Axis of Earth
- Very cultivable, very fertile earth
- Driving Force of Primal Matter
Location
3 CUN below SP-9
Nature
Xi-Cleft point of Spleen: moves Earth. This point cultivates, fills earth with life.
Actions
- Potentiates and improves the digestive system. Potentiates the function of Transportation and Transformation of the Spleen: diarrhea, abdominal distension, poor appetite, abdominal pain.
- Lower back pain with difficulty of movement. Treats cold and stabbing pain in the lower back: this point eliminates Dampness and Cold, absorbs Water. The Spleen Channel moves much energy (the Earth controls the Water).
- In women: Menstrual pain. The Spleen Channel passes through the ovarian zone. Furthermore it moves blood, absorbs blood. Eliminates stagnations.
- Destroyer of form: as it moves blood it helps to dissolve cysts, lumps, uterine fibroids. It is used for endometriosis.
- In men: Difficulty urinating, prostatitis.
- Treats chronic pancreatitis. These people usually have poor digestion that is slow, abdominal distension, pain.
- Menstrual pain with hard abdominal zone: TCM calls this true stagnation. If after menstruation this hard zone disappears, it is then a false stagnation.
Comments
Treatment
- Needling: 0.3 - 0.5 CUN
- Moxibustion