Atlas of Acupuncture

4.8 The Kidney Channel System – Foot shaoyin(zu shao yin jing luo)

Location

2 cun superior to the upper border of the pubic symphsis, 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 2 cun in a superior direction and on this level locate

KID-130.5 cun lateral to the midline.

Located on the same level are ➞Ren-4(on the midline), ➞ST-28

(2 cun lateral to the midline), ➞Ex-CA(tituo/qimen/yijing: 4/3/1

cun lateral to the midline) and ➞G.B.-27(anterior and medial to

the ASIS).

Needling

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

Actions/Indications

● Regulates the Lower Burner, regulates the chong maiand ren

mai, strengthens the Kidneys and the essence (jing)

Special features

Meeting point with the chong mai

Qi Cave QIXUE KID-13

KID-16 Ren-08

KID-11 Ren-02

KID-12 Ren-03

KID-13 Ren-04

KID-14 Ren-05

KID-15 Ren-07

Midline

Upper border

of the pubic

symphysis

0.5 cun

Umbilicus

Ren-06

5 cun

3 cun

1 cun 2 cun

tituo qimen yijing Ren-4

Ren-2

Ren-2

Ren-4

2 cun

ST-28

3 cun

G.B.-27 Anterior

superior

iliac spine

G.B.-28

0.5 cun

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