What meridian is on the inside of the knee?

The knee is a very important part of the human body, and diseases often occur there because of trauma. For the treatment of trauma, medication or injections should be used, but each person's specific situation should be different. Nowadays, people often like to use traditional Chinese medicine treatments because the Chinese medicine used in traditional Chinese medicine has no side effects. The meridians of the human body are a relatively complex structure. But what meridian is on the inside of the knee?

1. What is the acupuncture point on the inside of the knee?

On the inside of the knee is the Xuehai point, Xuehai. Blood is a red liquid that turns red when heated. Sea means big. The name of this acupoint means that this acupoint is the place where blood produced by the spleen meridian gathers. The substance of this acupoint is the moist air that vaporizes and rises from the water flowing out of Yinlingquan acupoint. It is moist air with higher temperature and higher concentration. It gathers at this acupoint. The area filled with qi and blood substances is as huge as the sea, hence the name.

2. Clinical application of Xuehai acupoint

For treating sores, this point can clear blood and remove dampness, and treat sores caused by blood turbidity, blood toxins and blood heat.

Treat blood diseases and all diseases related to blood circulation. To treat skin itching caused by blood deficiency, blood agitation, and blood viscosity, use the acupoint tapping method. To treat urticaria, acupoint tapping is used to treat a series of skin papules caused by wind and cold invading the skin surface. For hair loss and baldness, this point can promote blood circulation, improve the microcirculation of hair follicles, make hair grow easier, less oily and not fall out. Treatment of knee pain, such as degenerative arthritis and rheumatic knee arthritis, is often related to rheumatism. Chinese medicine believes that to treat wind, one must first treat the blood, and when the blood circulates, the wind will disappear. This point can dispel wind and heat, relax muscles and activate blood circulation, and the effect is better when pressed together with Yanglingquan point.

Treats irregular menstruation, including blood clots, early or late menstruation, metrorrhagia, continuous menstrual bleeding, amenorrhea, and dysmenorrhea. The cause of inguinal eczema is mostly dampness and heat. This point can eliminate dampness and clear heat. To treat scrotal eczema and tinea cruris, bloodletting therapy is used in combination with cupping.