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Kidney Channel
KI
Functions
·
·
Xi
≈
Cleft point
·
·
Barrier of descending Yin of the ankle: facilitates the
flow of Yin from the leg to the foot
Actions and Indications of KI-5
Strengthens the Kidneys, regulates
Chong
and
Ren
Mai
, moves Blood and benefits menstruation
·
·
Frequent urination; dysuria; cystitis; urethritis
·
·
Irregular menses or hypermenorrhoea (with ST-25
Tianshu
*5
);
dysmenorrhoea; metrorrhagia
·
·
Spotting or amenorrhoea or sterility or uterine
prolaps
+
KI-6
Zhaohai
*4
;
or
+
KI-6
Zhaohai,
LR-8
Ququan,
BL-62
Shenmai
*6
·
·
Diabetes
·
·
Blurred vision; myopia
Regulates the lower
Sanjiao
≈
TripleWarmer and urina-
tion, stops abdominal pain
·
·
Umbilical pain
+
RM-6
Qihai,
ST-25
Tianshu
*MI
·
·
Solar plexus pain
·
·
Lower abdominal pain
·
·
Urinary difficulties; dribbling urination
·
·
Oedema
Benefits the
Shen
≈
Spirit
·
·
Anxiety with tightness in the solar plexus
·
·
Premenstrual irritability (drain) or depression (sup-
plement)
Local action
·
·
Heel pain
·
·
Ankle sprains
Treatment Method
Puncture:
0.3–0.5
cun
perpendicularly, slightly up-
wards away from the bone
Moxa:
5 cones, 10–15 minutes
KI-6
Zhào Hăi
(Shining Sea)
照
Zăo
shining, brilliant, reflecting
海
Haˇi
sea
Here the channel Qi gathers like a sea and is illuminated by the
proximity of Blazing Valley (K-2
Rangu).
Alternate names:
漏陰
Lou Yin
Leaky Yin
太陰蹺
Tai Yin Qiao
Great Yin Qiao (channel)
陰蹺穴
Yin Qiao Xue
Yin Stepping Point
陰蹺
Yin Qiao
Yin Stepping
Location
Between the tip of the medial malleolus
and the talus, 1
cun
below the prominence of the
malleolus, between 2 ligaments (tibialis posterior and
digitorum longus).
Functions
Key-opening point of
Yin QiaoMai
≈
Yin-
motility/stepping vessel
Actions and Indications of KI-6
Supplements Kidney Yin, clears deficiency Heat, regu-
lates the lower
Sanjiao
≈
TW
·
·
Exhaustion; five Heart Heat
·
·
frequent or reduced urination; dribbling urine
+
LR-8
Ququan,
BL-27
Xiaochangshu
*20
·
·
Dysuria
·
·
Anuria with dark urine
+
GB-25
Jingmen
*4
·
·
Constipation
+
SP-3
Taibai,
LR-13
Zhangmen
*7
;
or
+
TW-6
Zhigou
*16
·
·
All gynaecological problems; premenstrual syn-
drome
·
·
Infertility
+
KI-13
Qixue
, LU-7
Lieque
·
·
Uterine prolapse
+
KI-5
Shuiquan,
LR-8
Ququan,
BL-62
Shenmai
*6
;
or
+
HE-8
Shaofu,
LR-3
Taichong,
LR-8
Ququan
*7
;
or
+
LR-8
Ququan,
LR-1
Dadun
*7
·
·
Difficult labour
KI-3
Tibialis
anterior
highest point of
the medial
malleolus
KI-5
KI-4
0.5 cun
0.5 cun
KI-6
Tibialis
posterior
Flexor retinaculum
KI-6
Flexor
digitorum
longus
Deltoid ligament
