Atlas of Acupuncture

4 Acupuncture Points of the Twelve Primary Channels

Location

At the medial border of the foot, in a depression at the anterior bor-

der of the navicular bone, at the border of the ‘red and white’ skin.

How to find

Palpate from distal to proximal along the tarsal section of the

medial aspect of the foot, past the shaft and the head of the 1st

metatarsal bone (➞SP-4) and the medial cuneiform bone,

finally reaching the prominent navicular bone. Locate KID-2

anterior to the navicular bone, at the inferior angle of the joint

between the medial cuneiform bone and the navicular bone.

Needling

From the medial aspect of the foot, 0.5–1 cun vertically below the

border of the bone. Use reducing needling techniques for empty

Heat. Use tonifying techniques for Kidney Yang/Qi deficiency.

Actions/Indications

● Clears empty Heat

● Regulates the Lower Burner and the Kidneys

● Local point

Special features

Ying-spring point, Fire point, meeting point with the yin qiao mai.

KID-2 Blazing Valley RANGU

SP-4 KID-2

Navicular

Medial cuneiform

Metatarsal

bones

Proximal

phalanges

Medial

Distal phalanges

phalanges

Calcaneus

Navicular

tuberosity

Base of the

1st metatarsal

bone

SP-3

SP-4

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