SP-8 - Earth Pivot

地机 - Dì jī

Point Region: Lower leg

SP

Spleen Meridian

足太阴脾经 - Zú Tàiyīn Píjīng

Location & How to Find

Anatomical Location: On the inner side of the lower leg, just behind the inner edge of the shin bone (tibia), 3 cun below SP-9. It is one third of the way down from the bottom of the kneecap to the inner ankle bone.

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 SP-9 in the hollow below the inner knee
  2. Measure four finger-widths down from it
  3. The point is just behind the inner edge of the shin bone
SP-8 (Earth Pivot) acupressure point location: On the inner side of the lower leg, just behind the inner edge of the shin bone (tibia), 3 cun below SP-9.

How to Apply Pressure

When you have found SP-8, apply comfortable, non-painful fingertip contact just behind the shin bone's edge; avoid pressing hard against the bone. Do not press after recent leg surgery, and seek medical evaluation for unusually heavy or prolonged menstrual bleeding.

Traditional Indications

In TCM, this point is traditionally used for:

  • Irregular menstruation
  • Abdominal pain
  • Edema
  • Painful periods
  • Stomach pain
  • Fluid retention
  • Menstrual cramps

Related Health Concerns

MigrainePMS and Period PainMenstrual IrregularityStomach CrampsCramps

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Important Precautions

Avoid this point with:

  • Recent leg surgery
  • Severe menstrual disorders