Xuehai (SP 10)

The sea (hai) of Blood (xue).

Location of Xuehai

Move up to the thigh. Take the superomedial corner of the patella and go 2 cun above it. At roughly the same level as Liangqiu. Xuehai is roughly at the top of the vastus medialis muscle of the quadriceps.

Therapeutic functions and clinical indications

• Used for all Blood disorders. It can be combined with Sanyinjiao. Especially when there is toxic Heat in the Blood, to clear Heat;
• Point on the quadriceps used for osteoarticular disorders of the knee and paralysis of the lower limb.