Atlas of Acupuncture

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

Location

1 cun inferior to the umbilicus, 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 centre of the umbilicus, measure 1 cun

in an inferior direction and on this level locate KID-150.5 cun

lateral to the midline.

Located on the same level are ➞Ren-7(on the midline) and

➞ST-26(2 cun lateral to the midline).

Needling

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

Actions/Indications

● Regulates the Intestines

● Regulates the Lower Burner

Special features

Meeting point with the chong mai

Middle Flow ZHONGZHU KID-15

KID-16

Ren-08

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

KID-11

Upper border of the

pubic symphysis

Umbilicus

Ren-7

Ren-8 Umbilicus

1 cun

2 cun

ST-26

ST-25

1 cun

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