Atlas of Acupuncture

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

Location

Midway between the sternocostal angle and the centre of the

umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to the anterior midline.

How to find

The distance between the sternocostal angle (➞3.5) and the

centre of the umbilicus is divided into 8 proportional cun, which

can vary considerably from the patient’s finger cun. Therefore,

only proportional cun should be used (elastic tape ➞2.3.1).

Spreading hands technique (➞2.3.3): Place the little fingers on

the centre of the umbilicus and the sternocostal angle respec-

tively and join the thumbs at the midpoint of this distance by

evenly spreading both hands. KID-19is located on this level, 0.5

cun lateral to the midline.

Located on the same level are ➞Ren-12(on the midline) and

➞ST-21(2 cun lateral to the midline).

Needling

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

Actions/Indications

● Regulates the Qi, regulates the Stomach and Intestines

● Regulates counterflow Qi

Special features

Meeting point with the chong mai

Yin Metropolis YINDU KID-19

KID-21 Ren-14

KID-20 Ren-13

KID-19 Ren-12

KID-18 Ren-11

KID-17 Ren-10

0.5 cun

Sternocostal

angle

Umbilicus

8 cun

4 cun

Sternocostal

angle

Umbilicus

4 cun

Ren-12

1/2

Ren-12

ST-21

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