Atlas of Acupuncture

4 Acupuncture Points of the Twelve Primary Channels

Location

1 cun superior to the upper border of the pubic symphysis, 0.5

cun lateral to the anterior midline.

How to find

The distance between the centre of the umbilicus and the upper

border of the pubic symphysis is divided into 5 proportional cun.

As these can vary considerably from finger cun measurements,

only proportional cun measurements should be applied (elastic

tape ➞2.3.1). From the upper border of the pubic symphysis,

measure 1 cun in a superior direction and on this level locate

KID-120.5 cun lateral to the midline. Located on the same level

are ➞Ren-3(on the midline), ➞ST-29(2 cun lateral to the

midline) and ➞Ex-CA-1(zigong; 3 cun lateral to the midline).

Needling

Vertically 0.5–1 cun. Caution: Peritoneum, full bladder, pregnancy.

Actions/Indications

● Regulates the Lower Burner, strengthens the Kidneys and the

Essence (jing)

Special features

Meeting point with the chong mai

KID-12 Great Luminance DAHE

Ex-CA-1

(zigong)

3 cun

1 cun

Ren-3

Ren-2

KID-16

Ren-08

KID-11 Ren-02

KID-12 Ren-03

KID-13 Ren-04

KID-14 Ren-05

KID-15 Ren-07

0.5 cun

Ren-06

5 cun

Midline

Upper border

of the pubic

symphysis

Umbilicus

16

Ren-2

25

29

ST-30

14

12

13

SP-12 KID-11

8

27

6

4

14

15 Umbilicus

Upper border

of the pubic

symphysis

1

2

3

4

BR09-01

Ren- 2

Ren- 3

1 cun

ST-29

ST-30

Upper border of

the pubic symphysis

1 cun

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