Liver 8 – Spring at the Bend – An Acupuncture Point to Nourish the Roots, Restore Flow, & Replenish What’s Been Depleted

Do you know those times when you're trying to move forward with a new mission or creative idea…
but something in you just doesn’t have the energy?

Maybe the vision is there.
Maybe the intention is there.
But your deeper reserves feel low.

Things aren’t exactly stuck…
just tired. Sluggish. Not quite flowing.

That subtle depletion.
That quiet fatigue.
That sense that something deeper needs support.

I’d like to introduce you to the acupuncture point Qu Quan - Spring at the Bend (Liver 8).

It sits on the inside of your knee, tucked into a soft hollow where the leg folds and gathers. And that image says everything about what this point does: it restores what’s been used up. Slowly. Gently. From the inside out.

In the treatment room, I reach for Liver 8 when someone doesn’t need more push… they need more nourishment.

When they’ve been holding it all together for a long time.
When they’re running on willpower instead of true reserves.
When the system feels dry, tired, or quietly depleted.

This point is a spring. It rehydrates us on all levels - mind, body, heart, and spirit. It feeds the roots. It reminds Wood that growth doesn’t come from force - it comes from having enough.

Let’s welcome restoration.

Spirit of the Acupuncture Points

Ququan — LV 8 — "Spring at the Bend" 曲泉
He-Sea Water Point of the Liver Channel

On a Physical Level, LV 8 can help with:

• Tendon and ligament weakness, stiffness, or lack of flexibility due to deficiency

• Knee pain, especially on the inner (medial) side

• Muscle cramping, tightness, or fatigue from overuse or depletion

• Lower back pain related to Liver Blood or Kidney Yin deficiency

• Dryness in the body - dry eyes, dry skin, brittle nails

• Menstrual irregularities, scanty flow, or reproductive imbalances

• Male Genital issues - impotence, seminal emission, symptoms from sexual taxation

• Urinary difficulty or dribbling urination

• General fatigue and low reserves, especially after long periods of stress or exertion

On a Mental/Emotional Level:

• That quiet burnout that builds over time

• Feeling like you have to keep going, even when you’re running on empty

• Softening the inner pressure to push, perform, or hold it all together

• Reconnecting to a sense of internal support and replenishment

• When creativity or vision feels dry, forced, or unavailable

• Helping shift from effort and strain into restoration and ease

And on a Spirit Level:

LV 8 nourishes the roots of the Wood element. The Wood element is not just about movement and growth. It depends on deep reserves - Blood and Yin - to rise, expand, and express. When those reserves are low, Wood becomes dry and brittle. The vision may still be there, but the life force behind it starts to fade.

Spring at the Bend restores the inner well.

It does not push growth. It supports what growth depends on.

It reminds the spirit that there is a source beneath the surface.

A place where life is still flowing.
Still gathering.
Still renewing itself quietly.

This point helps us trust that we don’t have to force our way forward.

If we nourish the roots,
the rest will come.

Want to try it?

Find the point at the inner end of the knee crease, just inside the tendon when your knee is slightly bent.

Press gently into the soft hollow there.

Close your eyes. Take a slow breath.

Imagine a quiet spring beneath the surface, restoring what has been used.

Let the dryness soften.
Let the system replenish.
Let yourself receive.

You don’t have to push right now.

Just restore.

Hope You Feel Amazing!

Lots of Love,
Lance

P.S. Curious about other magical acupuncture points? I've got a whole series here 👉🏼 villagewellness.net/spirit

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