Taibai (SP 3)

It is the 3rd^⁠ point, the Shu point of the Spleen: Earth within Earth.
As it is a Yin meridian, it is also the Yuan point, where the original Qi of the Spleen passes.

Location of Taibai

Taibai is located on a horizontal line at the border between the pink and pale skin, in a depression directly behind the head of the 1^st metatarsal.

Therapeutic functions and clinical indications

• The point of choice for tonifying the Spleen;
• Universal use as the central pivot of the body, root of postnatal Heaven, source of energy and Blood;
• Local point for tendinomuscular disorders of the foot and big toe, and hallux valgus: it relieves the pain, can stabilize it early on and prevent deformity; it is often one link in a chain coming down from the hip, for example.