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The Foot-Shaoyin (Kidney) Meridian has twenty-seven acupoints, starting from Yongquan (KI-1), flowing to RanGu (KI-2); TaiXi (KI-3), DaZhong (KI-4), and ShuiQuan (KI-5) are arranged in sequence like green water; ZhaoHai (KI-6), FuLiu (KI-7), and JiaoXin (KI-8) follow one another; from ZhuBin (KI-9) ascending to YinGu (KI-10), followed by HengGu (KI-11) and DaHe (KI-12); QiXue (KI-13), SiMan (KI-14), and ZhongZhu (KI-15) are distributed in turn; HuangShu (KI-16) connects upward to ShangQu (KI-17); ShiGuan (KI-18) and YinDu (KI-19) stabilize the qi; TongGu (KI-20) and YouMen (KI-21) appear solemn; BuLang (KI-22), ShenFeng (KI-23), and LingXu (KI-24) remain present; ShenCang (KI-25) is in the middle, and YuFu (KI-27) serves as the conclusion.

Yongquan (KI-1) is located in the depression of the center of the sole of the foot; RanGu (KI-2) is one cun anterior to the inferior border of the medial malleolus; TaiXi (KI-3) is posterior to the ankle, above the calcaneus; DaZhong (KI-4) is at the edge of the heel behind the calcaneus; ShuiQuan (KI-5) is sought one cun below TaiXi (KI-3); ZhaoHai (KI-6) is situated four cun below the medial malleolus; FuLiu (KI-7) is two cun anterior and superior to the medial malleolus; JiaoXin (KI-8) is connected two cun above the medial malleolus. These two points are separated only by a tendon anteriorly and posteriorly, located posterior to the Foot-Taiyang (Bladder) Meridian and anterior to the Foot-Shaoyin (Kidney) Meridian. ZhuBin (KI-9) is located above the medial malleolus [distance unspecified in text]; YinGu (KI-10) is between the knee and the leg when the knee is flexed. HengGu (KI-11), DaHe (KI-12), and QiXue (KI-13), along with SiMan (KI-14) and ZhongZhu (KI-15), are also connected. Each is located half a cun lateral to the midline, with a vertical distance of one cun between them. The vertical distance between GeShu (likely referring to the interval before HuangShu) and HuangShu (KI-16) is also one cun; HuangShu (KI-16) is located half a cun lateral to the umbilicus. ShangQu (KI-17), ShiGuan (KI-18), YinDu (KI-19), TongGu (KI-20), and YouMen (KI-21) are each five fen lateral to the midline, with these six points spaced one cun apart vertically. BuLang (KI-22), ShenFeng (KI-23), LingXu (KI-24), ShenCang (KI-25), and YuFu (KI-27) are each two cun lateral to the midline, with a vertical spacing of one cun and six fen among these six points. YuFu (KI-27) is two cun lateral to Xuanji (CV-21); obtaining the correct method yields natural accuracy.

Feeling hungry but having no desire to eat occurs because deficiency fire is excessive causing hunger, yet spleen qi is weak preventing eating. This is due to Wood and Fire insulting Earth; specifically, Kidney deficiency fails to nourish Liver Wood, and the Kidney meridian passes through the Liver and up through the diaphragm. The face appears dark and dry like lacquered wood because Kidney Water is depleted, and the black color of the Kidney manifests externally; since the Kidney governs bones, the body becomes emaciated. Coughing and spitting blood, accompanied by wheezing and panting, occur because the meridian enters the Lungs; these are all diseases of excessive Fire and deficient Water. Sitting with an urge to rise indicates that Yin deficiency prevents tranquility. Inability to see indicates Kidney Water deficiency leading to Liver weakness. The heart feels suspended because the vessels connect to the Pericardium. Frequent fear, as if being chased, occurs because Fear injures the Kidney. Bone Jue (reversal cold/chaos) occurs because the Kidney governs bones. Oral heat and dry tongue, swollen throat, upward rushing of qi, and dry painful pharynx occur because the meridian circulates around the throat and binds to the root of the tongue. Vexation and heart pain occur because the vessels connect to the Heart. Jaundice refers to the yellowing of the body and face; there are many types such as Ji Huang (Acute Jaundice), Lao Huang (Consumptive Jaundice), Nao Huang (Brain Jaundice), Yin Huang (Yin Jaundice), Pi Huang (Mass Jaundice), Jin Huang (Lockjaw Jaundice), Wu Se Huang (Five-Color Jaundice), Huang Han (Yellow Sweat), Jiu Dan (Wine Jaundice), Gu Dan (Grain Jaundice), Hei Dan (Black Jaundice), and Nu Lao Dan (Female Labor Jaundice); these names must be distinguished. Chang Pi (Intestinal Dysentery) is synonymous with Zhi Xia (Stagnant Downward Discharge), which is Li Ji (Dysentery). Dysentery originates in the Kidney because the Kidney controls the two orifices (anterior and posterior). Pain along the posterior inner aspect of the spine and thigh occurs where the meridian passes. Wei Syndrome (Flaccidity Syndrome), specifically bone Wei, occurs because the Kidney governs bones. Jue Syndrome occurs because Kidney Qi deficiency leads to rebellious Qi ascending. Hypersomnia (excessive sleepiness), referred to in the *Treatise on Cold Damage* as "only desiring to sleep," occurs because pathogenic Heat enters the Kidney, causing mental confusion and hypersomnia. Heat and pain in the soles of the feet occur because the meridian originates at Yongquan (KI-1). The above conditions may be Zang organ diseases or Meridian diseases, but they often combine with diseases of other organs because the Kidney meridian enters the Liver, enters the Lungs, and connects with the Heart; thus, one organ connects to multiple others, differing from other organs.