SP-3 Taibai (太白) — Supreme White

On the medial aspect of the foot/great toe, in the depression behind/proximal to the metatarsophalangeal joint (head of the first metatarsal), along the border between the reddish and white skin (lateral aspect of the foot and sole).

Seated with the feet supported or supine, locate the point on the medial aspect of the foot, in the depression proximal and posteroinferior to the first metatarsophalangeal joint.

Skin, subcutaneous tissue, dorsal digital nerve and vein of the medial side of the great toe, crural fascia, digital branches of the medial plantar nerve and artery, medial crural cutaneous branches of the saphenous nerve, dorsal digital branches of the superficial fibular nerve, medial head of the flexor hallucis brevis and abductor hallucis, and the first metatarsal.

0.5–1 cun perpendicular or oblique from the medial to the lateral aspect (or 3 to 6 mm perpendicular).

Tai (太), great; Bai (白), white. Tai Bai means Golden Star, which in English corresponds to the Morning Star (planet Venus).