Acupuncture for Phlegm & Spleen Deficiency: Spleen 9

Video Transcript

"The second pattern of depression is called Phlegm and Spleen Qi Deficiency. So the patient not only has the phlegm symptoms, but also have the weak digestive symptoms. For instance, they will have lower appetite, they will have gas, they will pale face, may have anemia. Also, they very often feel tired especially right after eating, they have to take a nap. And they usually have diarrhea or loose stool. For this Spleen Qi Deficiency, we can choose the point to strengthen the digestive function. And one of the point is called the Spleen 9. The Spleen 9 is on the Spleen channel. So, when we locate this point, we start from the medial malleolus bone and then we follow the tibial bone, and tibial bone is a straight line until we get to below, just below the knee, the tibial bone become wider. And then you feel a depression at this wider point, and that's the Spleen 9. With this point, we can insert needle, point 5 to 1 inches to help strengthen the digestive function and also this is a point to help relieve the knee pain."