He (water) point.

[Origin]

The inner side is Yin, the protrusion is Ling, and the spring comes from below. The acupoint is located below the medial condyle (ling) of the tibia on the inner side of the calf (yin), opposite to the Yanglingquan (GB34), hence the name.

[Location]

Yanglingquan, Yinlingquanacupoint cross section
(quoted from "Yan Zhenguo acupoint anatomy")

Yinlingquan acupoint
(quoted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

On the inner side of the calf, in the depression behind and below the medial condyle of the tibia. Opposite of Yanglingquan (GB34), between the medial edge of the tibia and the gastrocnemius muscle, above the origin of the soleus muscle.

• Lingshu‧Benshu: "Under fibula and radius, trapped in the middle";
• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing added: "Under The inner side below the knee...";
• Zhenfang Liuji: "fibula and radius next finger";
• Shenying Jing: "Bend the knee to take it, the knee creases There is a point under the head. It is opposite to Yanglingquan (GB34) and is slightly higher."

[Anatomy]

• Muscles: Above the origin of the soleus, between the posterior edge of the tibia and the gastrocnemius.
• Nerve: The trunk of the medial cutaneous branch of the saphenous nerve in the lower leg, and the tibial nerve in the deepest layer.
• Vessels: There are the great saphenous vein and the superior geniculate artery in the front, and the posterior tibial artery and vein are in the deepest layer.

[Manipulation]

Perpendicular insertion 0.5～1.5 inches. Can be used for moxibustion.

[Efficacy]

Transport the middle jiao, resolving dampness, regulating bladder, dispelling wind.

• Classical: Abdominal cold in the middle, abdominal middle qi distension, through-flux diarrhea, no appetite, pain in the intestines, fullness under the flanks, edema, abdominal hardness, difficulty in urination or incontinence, Hanre, vaginal pain, seminal emission, cholera, foot pain, crane knee phlegm, waist and leg knee pain, athlete's foot, edema, hernia.
• Modern: nephritis, anuria, abdominal retention of water, enteritis, jaundice.

[Recipe]

• Incontinence enuresis without knowing it: Yinlingquan (SP9), Yanglingquan (GB34).
• Abdominal cold: Yinlingquan (SP9), Sanyinjiao (SP6).
• edema: Yinling, Shuifen (CV9).
• cholera: Yin Ling, Chengshan (BL57), Jiexi (ST41), Taibai (SP3).
• ischuria abdominal retention of water: Yinlingquan (SP9), Shuifen (CV9), Zhongji (CV3), Zusanli ( ST36), Sanyinjiao (SP6).
• jaundice: Yinlingquan (SP9), Sanyinjiao (SP6), Riyue (GB24), Zhiyang (GV9), Danshu (BL19), Yanggang (BL48).