"The minister of the Grainary"  In Chinese the spleen energy system includes the pancreas.  These two organs provide the enzymes used to extract nutrients from our foods.  They regulate the quantity and quality of the blood in circulation and coordinate with the kidney to control fluids throughout the body.  The spleen extracts food energy from the stomach and raises it to the lung where it is combined with energy from the air to create true human energy.  Weak limbs and muscle atrophy is a sign of spleen deficiency.  The condition of the spleen is reflected externally by the tone and color of the lips.  The mouth is the spleens external aperture. The main meal consumed between 7 and 9 am is processed by the spleen from 9 to 11 am.  The spleen sends this purified chi into the internal energy circulation of the organs. Points on the SP channel are stimulated in disorders of the digestive system, urogenital and skin disorders of edema and ascites.

12 Channels

FOOT MAXIUM YIN SPLEEN MERIDIAN POINTS: 21 9-11 am ABBREVIATIONS: SP CHINESE: P'i Ching ALARM LV-13 Location: On the free end of the 11th rib. TONIFICATION SP-2 Location: On the medial side of the great toe, anterior and inferior to the 1st. metatarso-phalangeal joint, at the junction of the "red and white" skin. SEDATION SP-5 Location: Draw a straight line along the anterior and the inferior border of the medial malleolus respectively. The point is where the two lines cross. ENTRY SP-1 Location: On the medial side of the great toe, 0.1 cun posterior to the corner of the nail. SOURCE SP-3 Location: At the medial aspect of foot, posterior and inferior to the head of the first metatarsal bone, at the junction of the "red and white" skin. ASSOCIATED BL-20 Location: 1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the 11th thoracic vertebra. LUO SP-4 Location: On the medial aspect of foot, in a depression at the anterior and inferior border of 1st metatarsal bone at the junction of the "red and white" skin. EXIT SP-21 Location: On the midaxillary line, in the 6th intercostal space. ACCUMULATION  SP-8 Location: 3 cun below SP-9 at the posterior border of the tibia. (SP-9) In the depression on the lower border of the medial condyl of the tibia, on a level with the tuberosity of the tibia.