Base de connaissancesPoints d’acupuncture
SP-3
Taibai
Supreme White
Autres nomsGreat White · Venus · Most White · Greater White
- Méridien
- Rate
- Classification
- Shu-Ruisseau, Yuan-Source, Cinq Phases
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Localisation
- 01In a hollow found by sliding the fingertip proximally along the side of the ball of the foot.
- 02Proximal and below the first metatarsal joint, in the hollow at the junction of the red and white skin.
- 03On the posterior-inferior aspect of the head of the first metatarsal bone.
Puncture
- 01Insert perpendicularly, 0.5–1 cun.
- 02Needle straight in, 0.3–0.5 cun.
- 03Insert straight in, 0.5–1 cun.
- 04Moxibustion may be used.
Fonctions du point
- Shu-Stream point of the Spleen channel
- Yuan-Source point of the Spleen channel
- Earth point of the Spleen channel
Actions
- Tonifies the Spleen
- Regulates Spleen Qi and Yang
- Regulates Stomach Qi and Yin
- Regulates the Large Intestine
- Regulates the Middle and Lower Jiaos
- Eliminates Dampness
- Clears Damp-Heat
- Clears Heat
- Harmonizes the Spleen and Stomach
- Relieves digestive stagnation
- Regulates Qi
- Benefits the Lungs
- Strengthens the spine
Indications
- Deficiency of the Spleen and Stomach
- Bodily heaviness with bone pain
- Heavy, oppressive sensation in all four limbs
- Leg Qi
- Borborygmus
- Borborygmus with stabbing pain
- Diarrhea
- Undigested food in the stool
- Diarrhea containing pus and Blood
- Dysenteric disorder
- Constipation
- Hemorrhoids
- Febrile illness beginning with head heaviness
- Pain of the knee and thigh
- Joint pain
- Lumbar pain
- Nervousness
- Fever
- Colic
- Beriberi
- Fever without sweating
- Gastric pain
- Stuffy sensation in the chest and epigastrium
- Long-standing retention of Phlegm in the Lungs
- Nausea
- Belching
- Anal fistula
- Headache
- Cholera
- Bone pain
- Bradycardia
- Cutting abdominal pain
- Abdominal pain
- Abdominal distension
- Epigastric distension
- Pain of the epigastrium and Heart
- Distension of the chest and hypochondrium
- Vomiting
- Hunger without any desire to eat
- Sudden turmoil disorder with cold counterflow of the hands and feet
- Febrile disease with fullness, oppression, and inability to lie flat
- Forehead pain
- Bodily Heat with restlessness and fullness
- Atrophy disorder
- Difficulty defecating
- Big-toe pain
- Dyspepsia
- Anorexia
- Cramping and heaviness
- Cardiac pain
- Intestinal bleeding
- Sluggishness
- Difficulty urinating
- Acute gastroenteritis
- Head pain
- Bodily sensation of heaviness and Heat
- Edema
- Extreme pallor
- Fever with fullness and indigestion
- Kidney pain
- Pain of the Heart and Stomach
Associations
- SP-16
For undigested food in the stool
For borborygmus
For sudden turmoil disorder
For diarrhea and dysenteric disorder with pus and Blood
For hemafecia
For constipation
For difficulty defecating
For pain of intestinal abscess
For abdominal distension, undigested food in the stool, and severe drum-like distension
For abdominal distension leading to back pain
For drum distension
For lumbar pain with inability to bend and extend
Notes
- It benefits the skin and helps with chronic conditions.
- It calms the mind.
- It is useful when Spleen Qi has been depleted by overthinking.
- It is regarded as the point of balance and joy.
- It stimulates the pancreas as a treatment for diabetes.
- It reduces the insulin requirement of diabetic patients.
- It influences early-stage, acute conditions of the Large Intestine.
- It is considered the best point for eliminating both Internal and External Dampness.
- It is also a special point for treating hemorrhoids.