Taibai (SP 3)

It's the 3^rd point Shu, de la Rate, c’est la Terre dans la Terre.
Comme c’est un méridien Yin c’est aussi le point Yuan, lieu de passage du Qi originel de la Rate.

Location of Taibai

Taibai is located on a horizontal line at the border of the pink and white flesh in a depression directly behind the head of the 1^st metatarsus.

Therapeutic functions and Clinical indications

• Point d’excellence pour tonifier la Rate ;
• Universal use en tant que pivot central de l’organisme, racine du ciel postérieur, source de production de l’énergie et du Sang ;
• Local point for tendino-muscular pathologies of the foot, big toe, hallux valgus for which it relieves pain, can stabilize them initially and avoid deformations, it is often the link in a chain which arrives from the hip via example.