Path of the Spleen meridian
The Spleen meridian, Taiyin of foot, will start at the point Yinbai i.e. 0.1 cun from the a.ui of the big toe.
Then it will cross the entire internal edge of the foot, classically at the border of pink and white flesh.
Then it passes in front of the internal malleolus. It will go up on the inside of the leg, on the front, behind the Liver meridian. At mid-leg height, or 8 cun from the internal malleolus, it will pass in front.
From there, the meridian will continue to go up the inner side of the knee, anterior side then the inner side of the thigh, anterior side.
Arriving at the groin fold, it enters the pelvis internally to bind to the Spleen and couple with the Stomach.
It continues to rise to end/disperse under the tongue (link with saliva from the spleen).
Internally, we have a branch which leaves the main path at the level of the Stomach, and which will go up to connect to the Heart.
From the groin fold, we have a branch which will travel externally and which will go up along the abdomen 4 cun from the navel, then goes up on the thorax 6 cun from the navel until the 2th intercostal space.
She can't go back any further than that because we have Zhongfu then it will descend laterally to end on the thorax on the point Dabao who is on 6th intercostal space from which the large collateral of the Spleen will originate.
Acupuncture points of the Spleen meridian
Description of the Spleen meridian
The spleen corresponds to the earth. It is with the stomach, the official in charge of supplies and granaries.
Its season is Indian summer, from mid-July to mid-September, its emotion reflection, its direction is the center, its color is yellow and its flavor is sweet.
The spleen is located centrally, at the middle focus. It occupies a central place between the heart and lung at the top, and the kidney and liver at the bottom. It is the pivot of the movements of the Qi, it irrigates in the 4 directions, it is essential in movements.
The fire of the heart must descend to warm the water of the kidney. The spleen can help either bring down the fire or bring up the water.
The yang of the liver rises from the left, the yin of the lung descends from the right. The spleen can facilitate these up and down movements.
The spleen belongs to the earth, it hates humidity. The stomach hates dryness. If these conditions are no longer respected there may be disruptions.
The spleen has 3 main functions which are:
- Transport and processing;
- The production and containment of blood;
- Bring up the pure.