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Spleen Locations
| AcuPoint | Point Location | Point Summary |
| SP 1*** | On the medial side of the great toe, .1 cun posterior to the corner of the nail. | any defic. SP bleeding; obsessing insomnia; dream disturbed sleep |
| SP 2** | On the medial side of the great toe, distal and inferior to the first metatarso-digital joint, at the junction of the red and white skin. | |
| SP 3*** | Proximal and inferior to the to the head of the first metatarsal bone, at the junction of the red and white skin. | SP dampness from defic; source point |
| SP 4**** | In the depression distal and inferior to the base of the first metatarsal bone, at the junction of the red and nd white skin. | moving; moves fullness; irregular menstruation; gastric pain; vomiting; excess abdominal pain; bleeding with blood stasis; masses with blood stasis |
| SP 5* | In the depression distal and inferior to the medial malleolus, midway between the tuberosity of the navicular bone and the tip of the medial malleolus. | |
| SP 6**** | 3 cun directly above the tip of the medial malleolus, on the posterior border of the medial aspect of the tibia. | yin point; gyn point; strengthen SP, KD, yin, blood; moving in lower abdomen; calms the mind; all reproductive issues |
| SP 7* | 3 cun above SP 6, on the line joining the tip of the medial malleoulus and SP 9. | local |
| SP 8** | 3 cun below Sp 9, on the line joining the tip of the medial malleolus and SP 9. | xi cleft; moving in lower abdomen; stuck blood; channel obstruction; with SP 4 and ST 29 and SP 6 |
| SP 9**** | On the lower border of the condyle of the tibia, in the depression on the medial border of the tibia. | damp; diuretic point; tonifying damp and yang; all damp things; with CV 9 as diuretic |
| SP 10**** | When the knee is flexed, the point is 2 cun above the mediosuperior border of the patella, on the bulge of the medial portion of the muscle quadriceps femoris. | skin; blood wind, heat; dry blood; with LI 11, BL 17, BL 40 |
| SP 11* | 6 cun above SP 10%, on the line drawn from SP 10% to SP 12. | local |
| SP 12* | Superior to the lateral end of the groove, on the lateral side of the femoral artery, at the level of the upper border of the symphisis pubis, 3.5 cun lateral to CV 2. | local |
| SP 13* | .7 cun laterosuperior to SP 12, 4 cun lateral to the Ren meridian. | local |
| SP 14* | 1.3 cun below SP 15, 4 cun lateral to the Ren meridian, on the lateral side of the muscle rectus abdominis. | local |
| SP 15** | 4 cun lateral to the center of the umbilicus, lateral to the muscle rectus abdominus. | secondary chronic deficient diarrhea point; |
| SP 16* | 3 cun above SP 15, 4 cun lateral to CV 11. | local |
| SP 17* | In the 5th intercostal space, 6 cun lateral to the Ren meridian. | local |
| SP 18* | In the 4th intercostal space, 6 cun lateral to the Ren meridian. | local |
| SP 19* | IN the 3rd intercostal space, 6 cun lateral to the Ren meridian. | local |
| SP 20* | In the 2nd intercostal space, 6 cun lateral to the Ren meridian. | local |
| SP 21** | On the mid-axillary line, 6 cun below the axilla, midway between the axilla and the free end of the 11th rib. | whole body achy and weak |