SP-10 - Sea of Blood

血海 - Xuè hǎi

Point Region: Thigh

SP

Spleen Meridian

足太阴脾经 - Zú Tàiyīn Píjīng

Location & How to Find

Anatomical Location: On the front and inner side of the thigh, on the bulge of the vastus medialis muscle, 2 cun above the inner end of the top edge of the kneecap.

Distances are in cun, a unit that scales with each person's body. As a guide, the width of your thumb at its joint is 1 cun, and your four fingers held together, measured across the middle joints, are 3 cun.

How to Locate:

  1. Find the inner corner of the top edge of your kneecap
  2. Measure two thumb-widths up the thigh
  3. The point is on the muscle bulge there
SP-10 (Sea of Blood) acupressure point location: On the front and inner side of the thigh, on the bulge of the vastus medialis muscle, 2 cun above the inner end of the top edge of the kneecap.

How to Apply Pressure

With the knee bent, measure two thumb-widths up from the inner corner of the top edge of the kneecap and press into the muscle bulge there with the thumb, firm but never painful. Skip it after thigh surgery or over a skin infection.

Traditional Indications

In TCM, this point is traditionally used for:

  • Irregular menstruation
  • Eczema
  • Hives
  • Blood stasis
  • Skin problems
  • Menstrual disorders
  • Itchy skin
  • Circulation problems

Related Health Concerns

Menstrual IrregularityPMS and Period Pain

Select a point to see its location, how to find it, and its traditional uses.

Traditionally combined with:

SP-10 + LI-11
Pool at the Crook
SP-10 + SP-6
Three Yin Intersection

Important Precautions

Avoid this point with:

  • Severe skin infections
  • Recent thigh surgery