Feature:
He-Sea and Water point of the Liver channel
穴位特点：五腧穴之合穴（五行属水）
Location:
Just superior to the medial end of the popliteal crease, in the depression anterior to the tendon of medial semitendinosus and medial semimembranosus, about 1 cun anterior to Yin Gu KD-10.
The Location of Qu Quan LV-8 from A Manual of Acupuncture by Deadman
Needling:
Perpendicular or slightly posterior insertion 1 to 1.5 cun.
Actions:
1. Clears damp-heat from the lower jiao. (清下焦湿热)
2. Benefits the genitals. (利阴部)
3. Invigorates blood and benefits the uterus. (养血，利子宫)
4. Nourishes blood and yin. (养血养阴 )
Indications:
1. Swelling and itching of the genitals, pain of the genitals, pain of the penis, impotence, seminal emission, seminal emission associated with sexual taxation.
阴肿阴痒，阴部疼痛，阴茎疼痛，阳痿，遗精，遗精伴随房事过度。
2. Difficult urination, retention of urine, enuresis.
小便困难，尿滁留，遗尿。
3. Diarrhoea containing undigested food, diarrhoea containing blood and pus, no pleasure in eating.
腹泻顽固不化，泻下脓血，纳差。
4. Uterine prolapse, abdominal masses in women due to blood stasis, masses (zheng jia) of the hypogastrium, infertility due to blood stasis, amenorrhoea, swelling of the hypogastrium, shan disorder, pain of the abdomen and lateral costal region, umbilical pain.
子宫脱垂，妇人血滞癥瘕，脘腹结块，血滞不孕，闭经，少腹肿，疝气，脘腹胁肋疼痛，肚脐疼痛。
5. Mania disorder, headache, visual dizziness, nosebleed, redness, heat, swelling and pain of the eyes, dyspnoea.
躁狂症，头痛，目眩，鼻衄，目赤肿痛，呼吸困难。
6. Knee pain, swelling and pain of the patella, coldness and pain of the knee and lower leg, pain of the inner thigh, extreme pain of the body.
膝痛，膝盖肿痛，膝与小腿冷痛，大腿内侧疼痛，身体剧痛。
辨析：
足三阴经的合穴（曲泉 LV-8，阴谷 KD-10, 阴陵泉 SP-9）五行都属水，因此都可以用于下焦的祛湿和祛湿热。阴谷（KD-10）一般是从泌尿系统祛湿；阴陵泉（SP-9）可以治疗下焦的所有湿证；曲泉（LV-8）主要用于清泻肝经湿热下注于阴部。
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