Atlas of Acupuncture

7.11 Medial Leg

SP-9 (yinlingquan) ‘Yin Mound Spring’With the knee

flexed, in a depression distal to the medial condyle of the tibia.

To find: palpate from the medial posterior border of the tibia

towards proximal, at roughly the same level as G.B.-34

LIV-5 (ligou) ‘Woodworm Canal’5 cun proximal to the

highest prominence of the medial malleolus, just posterior to

the medial crest of the tibia

KID-9 (zhubin) ‘Guest House’5 cun proximal to KID-3 and

2 cun posterior to the medial border of the tibia

SP-6 (sanyinjiao) ‘Three Yin Intersection’3 cun proximal

to the highest prominence of the medial malleolus, posterior

border to the medial border of the tibia

KID-8 (jiaoxin) ‘Exchange Belief’2 cun proximal to the

highest prominence of the medial malleolus, posterior to the

medial border of the tibia

KID-7 (fuliu) ‘Returning Current’2 cun proximal to KID-3,

in a depression on the anterior border of the Achilles tendon

LIV-7 (xiguan) ‘Knee Joint’At the junction of the shaft and

the medial condyle of the tibia, 1 cun posterior to SP-9

SP-8 (diji) ‘Earth Pivot’3 cun distal to SP-9(at the junction

of the shaft and the medial condyle of the tibia) on the

posterior border of the tibia

LIV-6 (zhongdu) ‘Central Capital’7 cun proximal to the

highest prominence of the medial malleolus, just posterior to

the medial crest of the tibia

SP-7 (lougu) ‘Dripping Valley’6 cun proximal to the highest

prominence of the medial malleolus or 3 cun proximal to SP-6,

on the medial posterior border of the tibia

SP-9

Medial condyle

of the tibia

Gastrocnemius

Junction of the

shaft and medial

condyle of the

tibia

SP-9 LIV-7

1 cun

SP-9

SP-8

3 cun Junction of the

shaft and medial

condyle of the

tibia

Medial condyle

of the tibia

LIV-5

7 cun

15 cun 0.5cun LIV-6

SP-7

SP-6

3 cun

3 cun

6 cun

LIV-5

1/3 5 cun

KID-7

KID-3

LIV-5 KID-9

5 cun

SP-6

3 cun

KID-7

KID-3

KID-8

2 cun

0.5 cun

2 cun

KID-7

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