Liver 8
LV 8 / Qu Quan / Spring at the Bend
POINT LOCATION
When the knee is flexed, the point is at the medial end of the transverse popliteal crease, posterior to the medial epicondyle of the tibia, in the depression of the anterior border of the insertions of m. semimembranosus and m. semitendinosus
Associations
- He-Sea Point of the Liver Channel
INDICATIONS / CONDITIONS TREATED
- Lower abdominal pain
- Uterine prolapse
- Swelling, itching & pain of the genitals
- Urinary retention
- UTI
- Seminal emissions
- Headache
- Diarrhea
- Knee pain and swelling
TCM ACTIONS
- Nourishes Liver Blood
- Relaxes the sinews
- Clears Damp-Heat from the Lower Jiao