ACUPUNCTURE
Yin Ling Quan: TCM Acupoint Guide
YINLINGQUAN
Name
Yin Ling Quan (Yinlingquan)
Location
On the inferior border of the medial condyle of the tibia, in the depression between the posterior border of the tibia and the gastrocnemius muscle. Note: run the finger in the groove posterior to the medial border of the tibia until it falls into the depression below the tibial condyle. This point lies at the same level as GB-34 Yanglingquan.
Needling
- Straight insertion along the posterior border of the tibia, 1 to 3 cun. Sensation: local distention and soreness, possibly extending downward.
- Perpendicular insertion, 1 to 1.5 cun.
- Puncture perpendicularly, 0.5 to 1 cun.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
Command Functions
- He-Sea point of the Spleen channel
- Water point of the Spleen channel
- Uniting point of the Spleen channel
Actions
- Regulates and tonifies the Spleen, especially its Yang
- Regulates the Stomach, especially its Yin
- Regulates the Lower Jiao
- Resolves Dampness and Damp-Heat, especially of the Spleen and Stomach
- Eliminates Damp-Heat in the Lower Jiao
- Resolves Damp Summerheat
- Regulates the water pathways
- Promotes urination
- Removes obstructions from the channel
Indications
- Atrophy syndrome due to Damp-Heat
- Damp-Heat painful obstruction, Bi
- Hypertension due to Dampness
- Painful urinary obstruction
- Diarrhea with undigested food
- Diarrhea with mucus due to Damp-Heat
- Diarrhea with foul-smelling stools
- Anorexia
- Abdominal distention
- Leukorrhea
- Cloudy urine
- Irregular menstruation
- Impotence
- Abdominal pain
- Beriberi
- Genital pain
- Dysuria
- Dysmenorrhea
- Swelling of the hands and feet with pain
- Sensation of Cold in the Stomach
- Pins and needles feeling over the whole body
- Lack of sympathy
- Sensation of swelling in the flanks
- Fever and chills, unremitting
- Lower abdominal pain
- Cutting pain in the middle of the Intestines
- Sudden turmoil disorder
- Fullness of the lateral costal region
- Very little urine
- Anuria
- Vaginitis
- Diarrhea
- Hernia
- Hernia pain
- Paralysis of the lower extremities
- Dyspnea so bad the patient cannot lie down
- Hepatitis
- Jaundice
- Acute nephritis
- Ascites
- Abdomen hard due to ascites
- Edema of the abdomen
- Urticaria
- Urinary tract infection
- Incontinence of urine
- Urinary retention
- Difficult urination
- Edema of the legs
- Painful obstruction of the knee
- Nocturnal emission
- Enteritis
- Dysentery
- Knee pain
- Lower back and leg pain
- Enuresis
- Knee swelling
- Fever with or without perspiration
- General weakness of the whole body
- Mental craving for sympathy
- Suffocation
- Sensation of Heat in the chest
- Qi painful urinary dysfunction, Qi Lin
- Seminal emission
- Shan disorder
- Dyspnea with inability to lie down
- Fullness below the Heart
- Pain in the foot with a swollen knee
- Sudden diarrhea
- Kidney pain
- Peritonitis
- Cholera
Combinations
| Points | Indications |
|---|---|
| REN-4 Guanyuan, REN-9 Shuifen, ST-36 Zusanli, SP-6 Sanyinjiao | Urinary retention, ascites |
| GB-34 Yanglingquan | Swollen, painful leg; swelling of the knee that is difficult to endure; enuresis |
| REN-9 Shuifen | Edema, edema around the umbilical region |
| SP-8 Diji, REN-10 Xiawan | Splinted abdomen |
| ST-35 Dubi | Knee problems |
| SP-6 Sanyinjiao, LIV-6 Zhongdu, LI-4 Hegu, LI-11 Quchi, SJ-3 Zhongzhu, SJ-2 Yemen, LIV-2 Xingjian, ST-44 Neiting | Edema of the four limbs |
| REN-6 Qihai, SP-6 Sanyinjiao, followed by KI-10 Yingu, PC-7 Daling | Obstructed urination |
| SP-6 Sanyinjiao | Diarrhea containing undigested food |
| KI-2 Rangu, GB-25 Jingmen | Cold or Damp diarrhea containing undigested food |
| SP-1 Yinbai | Heat in the chest with sudden diarrhea |
| UB-57 Chengshan, ST-41 Jiexi, SP-3 Taibai | Sudden turmoil disorder |
| SP-8 Diji, REN-9 Shuifen, KI-21 Youmen, UB-27 Xiaochangshu | No pleasure in eating |
| KI-1 Yongquan | Small Intestine pain that radiates to the umbilicus |
| GB-30 Huantiao, GB-38 Yangfu, KI-3 Taixi, UB-67 Zhiyin | Paralysis of the lower extremity |
Notes
This is the point on the Spleen channel to resolve Dampness from the Lower Jiao.
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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