Base de connaissancesPoints d’acupuncture
UB-20
Pishu
Spleen *Shu*
Autres nomsSpleen's Hollow
- Méridien
- Vessie
- Classification
- Shu-Ruisseau
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Localisation
- 011.5 cun to the side of the lower edge of the eleventh thoracic vertebra's spinous process; find it at the most prominent visible point of the paraspinal muscles.
- 021.5 cun lateral to DU-6 Jizhong, level with the lower border of the eleventh thoracic vertebra's spinous process.
Puncture
- 01Angle the needle obliquely toward the spine, 0.5 to 1 cun.
- 02Insert transversely-obliquely, 1 to 1.5 cun.
- 03Caution: needling perpendicularly, or obliquely away from the spine, carries a significant pneumothorax risk.
- 04Insert straight, tilted slightly toward the spine, 1 to 1.5 cun. Sensation: soreness, numbness and distention at the site, spreading toward the low back.
- 05Caution: avoid excessive depth to prevent puncturing the Kidneys or Liver.
- 06Find the point at the highest visible point of the paraspinal muscles.
- 07Needle obliquely to 0.5–0.7 cun.
- 08Moxibustion may be applied.
Fonctions du point
Back-Shu (Associated) (Transporting) point of the Spleen
Actions
- Tonifies Spleen Qi
- Regulates Spleen Qi and supports its transporting and transforming functions
- Tonifies Spleen Yang
- Tonifies the Spleen and Stomach
- Regulates the Stomach, particularly its Yin
- Resolves Dampness
- Transforms Dampness, including Spleen-Stomach Damp-Heat, Damp-Phlegm and Cold-Phlegm
- Warms Cold
- Raises Spleen Qi
- Holds the Blood
- Nourishes and harmonizes Blood
- Tonifies Ying Qi and Blood
- Regulates and harmonizes Middle Jiao Qi
- Reduces digestive Stagnation
- Softens hard masses
- Promotes lactation
Indications
- Abdominal distention and pain
- Focal distention
- Abdominal masses
- Poor appetite
- Staying thin despite eating a great deal
- Spleen Qi Cold
- Undigested food in the stools
- Diarrhea
- Dysenteric disorder
- Chronic childhood fright Wind
- Childhood nutritional impairment
- Drum distention
- Deficiency-taxation
- Jaundice (Yin-type)
- Yellowing of the body with abdominal fullness and vomiting
- Lateral costal pain
- Gastritis
- Ulcers
- Nervous vomiting
- Hepatitis
- Anemia
- Chronic hemorrhagic diseases
- Limb weakness
- Chest and abdominal lumps
- Tiredness
- Hemafecia with dysentery
- Vomiting
- Epigastric pain
- Backache
- Atrophy disorder due to Damp-Heat
- Ascites
- Stomach or epigastric pain from Stomach Qi Deficiency and Cold
- Anxiety and palpitations from Qi and Blood Deficiency
- Constipation
- Deficient lactation
- Hemafecia
- Hematuria
- Hematemesis
- Menorrhagia
- Chronic hemorrhage
- Uterine prolapse
- Edema
- Somnolence
- Lassitude
- Bodily heaviness with reluctance to move
- Reluctance to move the four limbs
- Malarial disorders with alternating chills and fever
- Lumbar pain
- Shoulder and back pain
- Skin pain
- Turbid white urine
- Clonic spasm
- Prolapsed Stomach
- Indigestion
- Enteritis
- Hepato-Splenomegaly
- Urticaria
- Esophageal constriction that inhibits swallowing
- Loose stools
- Deficiency bleeding
- Dysphagia
- Neurasthenia
- Middle Jiao wasting and thirsting
- Qi-type painful urinary dysfunction (Lin)
- Pancreatitis
- Borborygmus
- Stomach dysfunction with insomnia
- Phlegm-induced dizziness and vertigo
- Cough with abundant sputum
- Lymphadenitis
Associations
For Spleen Deficiency with undigested food in the stool.
For eating heartily yet staying thin, and abdominal pain with no pleasure in eating.
For sadness felt below the Heart.
For hematemesis and spontaneous external bleeding.
- HT-1
- GB-24
For loss of function in the four limbs.
For acute pain in both lateral costal regions.
For nosebleed with the spitting of blood.
For diabetes.
- DU-14
- ST-36
- SP-6
For leukopenia (using moxa).
To nourish the Blood.
Notes
- This point specifically addresses staying thin despite eating heartily.
- It is a highly important point for almost any chronic illness where the person's energy is severely depleted.