The exact location of Shangqiu point is below the front of the inner ankle, in the depression of the midpoint of the line connecting the rough rung of the navicular bone and the tip of the inner ankle, which can treat abdominal distension, diarrhea, constipation and other conditions.
Shangqiu belongs to the meridian point of the Foot Taiyin Spleen Meridian and is located in the depression at the midpoint of the line connecting the thick rump of the navicular bone and the tip of the inner ankle. There are the medial tarsal artery and the great saphenous vein in the vicinity of the acupuncture point, as well as the saphenous nerve and the branch plexus of superficial peroneal nerve.
It is commonly used clinically for the treatment of abdominal distension, diarrhea, constipation, hemorrhoids, jaundice, as well as ankle pain, hernia pain in the knee and femur and other diseases.
If you need to use acupuncture, moxibustion and other treatments at the Shangqiu point, you need to be operated by a professional doctor, do not operate on your own to avoid adverse consequences.