束骨 在足小指外侧，本节后陷中，赤白肉际。足太阳所注为 。刺三分，留七呼，灸三壮。
主治肠 泄泻，疟痔癫痫，发背痈疔，头痛目眩，内 赤痛，耳聋腰膝痛，项强不可回顾。
太乙歌云∶兼三里，刺治项强肿痛，体重腰瘫。
百证赋云∶连天柱，治项强多恶风。
秦承祖云∶治风热苔赤，两目 烂。
通谷 在足小指外侧，本节前陷中。足太阳所溜为荥。刺二分，留五呼，灸三壮。
主治头痛目眩，项痛鼽衄，善惊，目KT KT ，结积留饮，食多不化失欠。
千金云∶诸结积留饮， 囊胸满，饮食不消，灸通谷五十壮。
至阴 在足小指外侧，去爪甲角如韭叶。足太阳所出为井。刺一分，留五呼，灸三壮、五壮。
主治风寒头重鼻塞，目痛生翳，胸胁痛，转筋，寒疟汗不出，烦心足下热，小便不利，失
精，脉痹从足小指起，牵引上下。
百证赋云∶兼屋翳，治遍身痒痛之疾。
席弘赋云∶专治脚膝肿。
今时习用此治妇人寒证。
张仲文治妇人横产手先出，诸符药不效，为灸右脚小指尖三壮，炷如小麦，下火立产。
肾经穴歌
足少阴俞二十七，涌泉、然谷、照海出。太溪、水泉连大钟，复溜、交信、筑宾立。阴谷、
横骨趋大赫，气穴、四满、中注得。肓俞、商曲、石关蹲，阴都、通谷、幽门值。步廊、神封出
灵墟，神藏、 中、俞府毕。
涌泉（一名地冲） 在足心陷中，屈足卷指宛宛中。足少阴所出为井。刺三分，留三呼，灸三壮。
主治尸厥面黑，喘咳有血，目视KT KT 无所见，善恐，心中结热，风疹风痫，心痛不嗜食，
男子如蛊，女子如妊，咳嗽气短，身热喉痹，目眩颈痛，胸胁满，小腹痛，肠 泄泻，霍乱，转
胞不得尿，腰痛大便难，转筋，足胫寒痛，肾积奔豚，热厥五指尽痛，足不践地。
史记∶汉北齐王阿母，患足下热喘满，淳于意曰∶热厥也。刺足心，立愈。
千金云∶阴中懊 痛，刺入三分。又鼻衄不止，灸二百壮。又霍乱转筋，灸三七壮；不
止，灸足踵聚筋上白肉际七壮，立愈。
玉龙赋云∶兼关元、丰隆，治尸劳。
席弘赋云∶鸠尾能治五般痫，若下涌泉人不死。又云∶小肠气结连脐痛，速泻阴交，良
久针涌泉取气甚妙。
百证赋云∶专治厥寒厥热。又云∶兼行间，治消渴肾竭。
通玄赋云∶治胸结身黄泻此。
灵光赋云∶治妇人疾，并男蛊女孕而病 者，千金勿妄传。
天星秘诀云∶兼阴陵，治小肠连脐痛。
然谷（一名龙渊，一名然骨） 在足内踝前，起大骨下陷者中。足少阴所溜为荥。刺三分，留
三呼，灸三壮。一曰刺不宜见血。
主治喘呼烦满，咳血喉痹消渴，舌纵心恐，少气涎出，小腹胀，痿厥寒疝，足跗肿 酸，
足一寒一热，不能久立，男子遗精，妇人阴挺出，月经不调不孕，初生小儿脐风撮口，痿厥洞
泄。此穴主泻肾脏之热，若治伤寒，亦宜出血。
千金云∶石水灸然谷、气冲、四满、章门。
百证赋云∶此穴易醒脐风。
照海 在足内踝下一寸，陷中容爪甲。一云在内踝下四分，微前高骨陷中，前后有筋，
上有踝骨，下有软骨，其穴居中。神农经云∶在内踝直下白肉际是。阴跷所生。刺四分，留
六呼，灸三壮。一曰刺三分，灸七壮。
主治咽干呕吐，四肢懈惰嗜卧，善悲不乐，大风偏枯半身不遂，久疟卒疝，腹中气痛，小
腹淋痛，阴挺出，月水不调。
玉龙赋云∶兼支沟，能通大便之秘。又云∶合内关，能医腹疾之块。
神农经云∶治月事不行，可灸七壮。又云∶兼公孙，治伤寒四日太阴经，再用内关施截法。
拦江赋云∶治噤口喉风，用三棱针出血即安。
百证赋云∶兼大敦，治伤寒。
席弘赋云∶兼百会、太冲、阴交，治咽喉疾。又云∶兼阴交、曲泉、关元、气海同泻，治七疝如神。
灵光赋云∶二跷二陵，香港脚者取此四穴。又兼三里，同治香港脚并在腰之疾。
标幽赋云∶兼阳维、内关，能下胎衣。又云∶治喉中之闭塞。
捷法云∶治小便频数、淋沥不通，小腹冷痛，膀胱七疝，奔豚偏坠，木肾肿大如升，发时
疼痛冲心，小便淋血，阴痛，遗精白浊，夜梦鬼交不禁，妇人难产，子掬母心不下，女子大便
不通，产后腹痛恶露不已，妇人脾病血蛊水蛊气蛊石蛊单蛊，女人血气虚倦，五心烦热，支
体尽痛，头目昏沉，老人虚损，手足转筋不能举动，霍乱吐泻，寒湿香港脚发热大痛，肾虚香港脚
红肿，干香港脚膝头内踝五指疼痛，浑身胀满，水蛊喘胀，四肢面目浮肿，妇人瘦损，赤白带
下，子宫久冷，不受胎孕，经水正行，头眩小腹空痛，月水不调，脐腹疼痛，及淋漏不断等证。
以上诸证，先以照海为主，后随证加穴分治。
太溪（一名吕细） 在足内踝后五分，跟骨上动脉陷中。足少阴所注为 ，即原也。刺三
分，留七呼，灸三壮。
主治热病汗不出，伤寒手足逆冷嗜卧，咳嗽咽肿，衄血唾血，溺赤，消瘅大便难，久疟咳
逆烦心不眠，脉沉手足寒，呕吐不嗜食善噫，腹疼瘠瘦，寒疝 癖。
神农经云∶治牙疼，可灸七壮。
一云牙疼红肿者，泻之。阴股内湿痒生疮便毒，先补后泻。一云肾疟呕吐多寒，闭户
而处，其病难已，太溪、大钟主之。腰脊痛，大便难，手足寒，并刺委中、大钟。
玉龙赋云∶合昆仑、申脉，善疗足肿之 。
百证赋云∶兼商阳，治寒疟有验。
水泉 在足内踝下，太溪下一寸。足少阴 。刺四分，灸五壮。
主治目KT KT 不能远视，女子月事不来，来即多，心下闷痛，小腹痛，小便淋，阴挺出。
百证赋云∶兼天枢，治月潮违限。
大钟 在足跟后冲中，大骨上两筋间。水热穴论注曰∶在足内踝后冲中。足少阴络，
别走太阳。刺二分，留三呼，灸三壮。
主治气逆烦闷，实则小便淋闭，洒洒腰脊强痛，大便秘涩，嗜卧，口中热，虚则呕逆多寒，
欲闭户而处，少气不足，胸胀喘息舌干，食噎不得下，善惊恐不乐，喉中鸣，咳唾血。
百证赋云∶兼通里，治倦言嗜卧。
标幽赋云∶治心性之呆痴。
复溜（一名伏白，一名昌阳） 在足内踝后上，除踝二寸陷者中。前旁骨是复溜，后旁筋是交
信，二穴止隔一筋。足少阴所行为经。刺三分，留三呼，灸五壮、七壮。
主治肠 痔疾，腰脊内引痛不得俯仰，善怒多言，舌干涎出，足痿 寒不得履，目视KT KT
，肠鸣腹痛，四肢肿，十种水病，五淋盗汗，齿龋，脉微细。
神农经云∶治盗汗不收及面色痿黄，可灸七壮。
千金云∶血淋，灸五十壮。
太乙歌云∶刺治腰脊闪挫疼痛，游风遍体。
玉龙赋云∶伤寒无汗宜泻。又云∶起六脉之沉匿。
拦江赋云∶伤寒无汗，先补合谷，次泻此穴。
席弘赋云∶此穴专治气滞在腰。
灵光赋云∶治肿如神。
交信 在足内踝上二寸，少阴前，太阴后，筋骨间。阴跷之 。刺四分，留五呼，灸三壮。
主治五淋 疝，阴急股 内廉引痛，泻痢赤白，大小便难，女子漏血不止，阴挺，月事不调，小腹痛，盗汗。
百证赋云∶兼合阳，治女子少气漏血。
筑宾 在足内踝后，上 分中。阴维之 。刺三分，灸五壮。
主治小儿胎疝，癫疾吐舌发狂骂詈，腹痛呕吐涎沫，足 痛。
阴谷 在膝下内辅骨后，大筋下，小筋上，按之应手，屈膝乃得之。足少阴所入为合。
刺四分，留七呼，灸三壮。
主治舌纵涎下，腹胀烦满，溺难，小腹疝急引阴，阴股内廉痛，为痿为痹，膝痛不可屈
伸，女人漏下不止，少妊。
太乙歌云∶兼水分、三里，利小便，消肿胀。
通玄赋云∶治脐腹痛。
横骨（一名下极） 在大赫下一寸，肓俞下五寸，去中行五分，阴上横骨中。（按少腹下尖自
横骨上行，不可概用腹中分寸，当以太阴之冲门，起自横骨两端，以至阳明之气冲，少阴之
横骨，至中行之曲骨穴，通计折量，始得其准。凡上至腹中，皆当以此类推。）冲脉足少阴之
会。刺五分，灸三壮、五壮。甲乙经曰∶刺一寸。
主治五淋小便不通，阴器下纵引痛，小腹满，目 赤痛，五脏虚。
百证赋云∶兼肓俞，泻五淋久积。
席弘赋云∶兼大都，治气滞腰疼不能立。
大赫（一名阴维，一名阴关） 在气穴下一寸，去中行五分。冲脉足少阴之会。刺三分，灸五
壮。千金云∶三十壮。甲乙经作刺一寸。
主治虚劳失精，阴痿上缩，茎中痛，目赤痛，女子赤带。
气穴（一名胞门，一名子户） 在四满下一寸，去中行五分。冲脉足少阴之会。刺三分，灸五
壮。甲乙经作刺一寸。
主治奔豚痛引腰脊，泻痢，经不调。
四满（一名髓府） 在中注下一寸，去中行五分。冲脉足少阴之会。刺三分，灸三壮。甲乙
经云∶刺一寸。千金云∶灸百壮。
主治积聚疝瘕，肠癖切痛，石水奔豚脐下痛，女人月经不调，恶血 痛，并无子，可灸三十壮。
中注 在肓俞下一寸，去中行五分。冲脉足少阴之会。刺一寸，灸五壮。一云刺五分。
主治小腹热，大便坚燥，腰脊痛，目 痛，女子月事不调。
肓俞 在商曲下一寸，（当作二寸。）直脐旁，去脐中五分。冲脉足少阴之会。刺一寸，灸
五壮。一云刺五分。
主治腹痛寒疝，大便燥，目赤痛从内 始。
百证赋云∶兼横骨，泻五淋之久积。
商曲 在石关下一寸，去中行五分。冲脉足少阴之会。刺一寸，灸五壮。一云刺五分。
主治腹中切痛，积聚不嗜食，目赤痛内 始。
石关 在阴都下一寸，去中行五分。冲脉足少阴之会。刺一寸，灸三壮。一云刺五分。
主治哕噫呕逆，脊强腹痛，气淋小便不利，大便燥闭，目赤痛，妇人无子，或藏有恶血上
冲，腹痛不可忍。
神农经云∶治积气疼痛，可灸七壮。孕妇禁灸。
千金云∶治哕噫呕逆，灸百壮。
百证赋云∶兼阴交，无子可搜。
阴都（一名食宫） 在通谷下一寸，夹中脘相去五分。冲脉足少阴之会。刺三分，灸三壮。
甲乙经曰∶刺一寸。千金云∶灸随年壮。
主治心烦满恍惚，气逆肠鸣肺胀，气抢呕沫，大便难，胁下热痛，目痛，寒热 疟，妇人
无子，藏有恶血腹绞痛。
通谷 在幽门下一寸陷中，夹上脘相去五分。冲脉足少阴之会。刺五分，灸五壮。
主治口 暴喑，积聚 癖，胸满食不化，膈结呕吐，目赤痛不明，清涕，项似拔，不可回顾。
幽门（一名上门） 夹巨阙两旁各五分，陷者中。冲脉足少阴之会。刺五分，灸五壮。
主治胸中引痛，心下烦闷，逆气里急，支满不嗜食，数咳干哕，呕吐涎沫，健忘，泄痢脓
血，少腹胀满，女子心痛逆气，善吐食不下。
神农经云∶治心下痞胀，饮食不化，积聚疼痛，可灸十四壮。孕妇不可灸。
百证赋云∶兼玉堂，能开彻烦心呕哕。
步廊 在神封下一寸六分陷中，去中行二寸，夹中庭，仰而取之。刺三分，灸五壮。
主治胸胁满痛，鼻塞少气，咳逆不得息，呕吐不食，臂不得举。
神封 在灵墟下一寸六分，去中行二寸，仰而取之。刺三分，灸五壮。
主治胃胁满痛，咳逆不得息，呕吐不食，乳痈，洒淅恶寒。
灵墟 在神藏下一寸六分，去中行二寸陷中，仰而取之。刺三分，灸五壮。
主治同神封。
神藏 在 中下一寸六分陷中，去中行二寸，仰而取之。刺三分，灸五壮。
主治同上。
百证赋云∶兼璇玑，治胸满项强，已试。
中 在俞府下一寸六分陷中，去中行二寸，仰而取之。刺四分，灸五壮。
主治咳逆不得喘息，胸胁支满，多唾呕吐不食。
神农经云∶治气喘痰壅，可灸十四壮。
一传治咳嗽哮病唾血。
俞府 在巨骨下，夹璇玑旁二寸陷中，仰而取之。刺三分，灸五壮。
主治咳逆上气，呕吐不食，中痛。
一云热嗽泻之，冷嗽补之。
玉龙赋云∶兼乳根，能治气嗽痰哮。
Shugu (BL65) is located on the lateral side of the fifth toe, in the depression distal to the metatarsophalangeal joint, at the junction of red and white skin. This is where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian pours into; it is the Shu-Stream point. Needle 0.3 cun, retain for seven breaths, moxa 3 moxibustions.
Indications: Intestinal borborygmus, diarrhea, malaria, hemorrhoids, epilepsy, carbuncles and sores on the back, headache, vertigo, internal hemorrhoid with redness and pain, deafness, lumbar and knee pain, stiff neck unable to look back.
The Taiyi Song states: Combined with Zusanli (ST36), needle to treat stiff neck with swelling and pain, heavy body, and limp waist.
The Baizheng Fu states: Combined with Tianzhu (BL10), treat stiff neck with aversion to wind.
Qin Chengzu stated: Treat wind-heat causing red tongue and swollen, ulcerated eyes.
Tonggu (BL64) is located on the lateral side of the fifth toe, in the depression proximal to the metatarsophalangeal joint. This is where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian flows through; it is the Ying-Spring point. Needle 0.2 cun, retain for five breaths, moxa 3 moxibustions.
Indications: Headache, vertigo, neck pain, nasal congestion or epistaxis, susceptibility to fright, blurred vision, accumulation of retained fluid/phlegm, excessive eating without digestion, frequent yawning.
The Qianjin Fang states: For various accumulations of retained fluid/phlegm, scrotal swelling with chest fullness, and indigestion, moxa Tonggu (BL64) 50 moxibustions.
Zhiyin (BL67) is located on the lateral side of the fifth toe, approximately the width of a leek leaf from the corner of the toenail. This is where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian emerges; it is the Jing-Well point. Needle 0.1 cun, retain for five breaths, moxa 3 or 5 moxibustions.
Indications: Wind-cold causing heavy head and nasal congestion, eye pain with nebula, chest and hypochondriac pain, tendon spasm, cold malaria with no sweat, vexation and heat in the soles of feet, difficult urination, spermatorrhea, pulse bi starting from the fifth toe and radiating up and down.
The Baizheng Fu states: Combined with Wuyi (ST16), treat generalized itching and pain.
The Xi Hong Fu states: Specifically treats swelling of feet and knees.
Currently, this point is commonly used to treat cold syndromes in women.
Zhang Zhongwen treated a woman with breech presentation (hand emerging first); when charms and medicines failed, he moxa'd the tip of the right little toe 3 times, with moxa cones the size of wheat grains, resulting in immediate delivery.
Song of Kidney Meridian Points:
There are twenty-seven points on the Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian: Yongquan (KI1), Rangu (KI2), Zhaohai (KI6) appear first. Taixi (KI3), Shuiquan (KI5) connect to Dazhong (KI4), Fuliu (KI7), Jiaoxin (KI8), Zubing (KI9) stand forth. Yingu (KI10), Henggu (KI11) tend towards Dahe (KI12), Qixue (KI13), Siman (KI14), Zhongzhu (KI15) are obtained. Huangshu (KI16), Shangqu (KI17), Shiguan (KI18) squat, Yindu (KI19), Tonggu (KI20), Youmen (KI21) take their places. Bulang (KI22), Shenfeng (KI23) emerge from Lingxu (KI24), Shencang (KI25), Yuzhong (KI26), and Yufo (KI27) conclude.
Yongquan (KI1) (also known as Dichong) is located in the depression of the sole of the foot, in the hollow when the toes are curled. This is where the Qi of the Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian emerges; it is the Jing-Well point. Needle 0.3 cun, retain for three breaths, moxa 3 moxibustions.
Indications: Syncope with black face, asthma and cough with blood, blurred vision with inability to see, fearfulness, heat knotting in the heart, wind rashes and wind epilepsy, heart pain with anorexia, men suffering from gu syndrome, women appearing pregnant, cough with shortness of breath, fever with throat obstruction, vertigo and neck pain, chest and hypochondriac fullness, lower abdominal pain, intestinal borborygmus and diarrhea, cholera, turning bladder unable to urinate, low back pain with difficult defecation, tendon spasm, cold pain in calves, kidney accumulation ben tun, heat jue with pain in all five toes, inability to walk.
Records of the Grand Historian: The wet nurse of the King of Bei Qi in the Han dynasty suffered from heat in the soles of her feet, asthma, and fullness. Chunyu Yi said: This is heat jue. Puncture the sole of the foot, and she recovered immediately.
The Qianjin Fang states: For agonizing pain in the yin, needle 0.3 cun. Also for unceasing epistaxis, moxa 200 moxibustions. Also for cholera with tendon spasm, moxa 21 moxibustions; if unceasing, moxa 7 moxibustions at the white skin junction above the tendons gathered at the heel, and recovery is immediate.
The Yulong Fu states: Combined with Guanyuan (CV4) and Fenglong (ST40), treat corpse labor.
The Xi Hong Fu states: Jiawei can treat five types of epilepsy; if Yongquan (KI1) is needled below, the person will not die. It also states: When qi of the small intestine knots and causes umbilical pain, rapidly drain Yinjiao (KI8); long-standing needling of Yongquan (KI1) to gather qi is very effective.
The Baizheng Fu states: Specifically treats cold and hot jue. It also states: Combined with Xingjian (LR2), treat xiaoke with kidney exhaustion.
The Tongxuan Zhiyao Fu states: Treat chest knotting, yellow complexion, and diarrhea by taking this point.
The Lingguang Fu states: Treat women's diseases, as well as men suffering from gu syndrome and women suffering from pregnancy-related illness; do not transmit lightly from the Qianjin Fang.
The Tianxing Mijue states: Combined with Yinlingquan (SP9), treat small intestine pain connecting to the umbilicus.
Rangu (KI2) (also known as Longyuan, also known as Ran Gu) is located anterior to the medial malleolus, in the depression below the prominent bone. This is where the Qi of the Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian flows through; it is the Ying-Spring point. Needle 0.3 cun, retain for three breaths, moxa 3 moxibustions. One theory says needling should not cause bleeding.
Indications: Asthmatic breathing with vexation and fullness, hemoptysis, throat obstruction, xiaoke, tongue deviation with fearfulness, shortness of breath with salivation, lower abdominal distension, flaccidity jue and cold hernia, swelling and soreness of the dorsum of the foot, alternating cold and heat in one foot, inability to stand for long periods, male spermatorrhea, female prolapse of the uterus, irregular menstruation and infertility, neonatal tetanus with mouth contraction, flaccidity jue and profuse diarrhea. This point primarily drains heat from the kidneys; if treating shanghan, bleeding is also appropriate.
The Qianjin Fang states: For shi shui, moxa Rangu (KI2), Qichong (ST30), Siman (KI14), Zhangmen (LR13).
The Baizheng Fu states: This point easily awakens from neonatal tetanus.
Zhaohai (KI6) is located 1 cun below the medial malleolus, in the depression that can accommodate a fingernail. Another view says 0.4 cun below the medial malleolus, in the depression of the slightly higher anterior bone, with tendons front and back, ankle bone above, and soft bone below, with the point in the center. The Shennong Jing states: It is at the junction of white skin directly below the medial malleolus. It is generated by the Yin Qiao Mai. Needle 0.4 cun, retain for six breaths, moxa 3 moxibustions. One theory says needle 0.3 cun, moxa 7 moxibustions.
Indications: Dry throat and vomiting, flaccid limbs with somnolence, propensity to sadness and unhappiness, severe wind causing hemiplegia, chronic malaria and sudden hernia, qi pain in the abdomen, painful dysuria, prolapse of the uterus, irregular menstruation.
The Yulong Fu states: Combined with Zhigou (TE6), it can relieve constipation. It also states: Combined with Neiguan (PC6), it can treat abdominal masses.
The Shennong Jing states: Treat amenorrhea, moxa 7 moxibustions. It also states: Combined with Gongsun (SP4), treat shaoyin disease on the fourth day of shanghan, then apply the interception method using Neiguan (PC6).
The Lanjiang Fu states: Treat jin kou hou feng (lockjaw throat wind); bleed with a three-edged needle for immediate relief.
The Baizheng Fu states: Combined with Dadun (LR1), treat shanghan.
The Xi Hong Fu states: Combined with Baihui (GV20), Taichong (LR3), and Yinjiao (KI8), treat throat diseases. It also states: Combined with Yinjiao (KI8), Ququan (LR8), Guanyuan (CV4), and Qihai (CV6) drained together, treat seven types of hernias like magic.
The Lingguang Fu states: Er Qiao and Er Ling, for hong jiao (erysipelas/leg swelling), take these four points. Also combined with Zusanli (ST36), jointly treat hong jiao and diseases of the waist.
The Biaoyou Fu states: Combined with Yang Wei and Neiguan (PC6), it can expel the placenta. It also states: Treats obstruction in the throat.
The Jiefa states: Treats frequent urination, dribbling dysuria, cold pain in the lower abdomen, seven types of bladder hernias, ben tun and pendulous hernia, mu shen (wooden testicle) swollen as large as a measuring cup, pain rushing to the heart during attacks, bloody dysuria, genital pain, spermatorrhea and turbid urine, involuntary nocturnal emissions with dreams of sexual intercourse, difficult childbirth, fetus pulling the mother's heart downwards, female constipation, postpartum abdominal pain with lochia not stopping, women's spleen disease with blood, water, qi, stone, and single gu syndromes, women's qi and blood deficiency with fatigue, five-center heat, generalized limb pain, dizziness and heaviness of head and eyes, elderly deficiency with convulsions of hands and feet preventing movement, cholera with vomiting and diarrhea, cold-damp hong jiao with fever and severe pain, kidney deficiency hong jiao with redness and swelling, dry hong jiao with pain in knees, inner ankles, and five toes, generalized bloating, water gu with wheezing and distension, edema of limbs, face, and eyes, emaciated women, red and white leukorrhea, long-term cold uterus unable to conceive, dizziness and empty lower abdominal pain during menstruation, irregular menstruation, umbilical and abdominal pain, and continuous dripping dysuria, etc.
For the above syndromes, first use Zhaohai (KI6) as the main point, then add points according to the syndrome for differentiated treatment.
Taixi (KI3) (also known as Lvxi) is located 0.5 cun posterior to the medial malleolus, in the depression of the arterial pulse on the calcaneus. This is where the Qi of the Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian pours into; it is the Yuan-Source point. Needle 0.3 cun, retain for seven breaths, moxa 3 moxibustions.
Indications: Heat disease with no sweat, shanghan with cold extremities and somnolence, cough with swollen throat, epistaxis and hemoptysis, dark urine, xiaodan with difficult defecation, chronic malaria with cough, reversal, vexation, and insomnia, deep pulse with cold extremities, vomiting with anorexia and frequent belching, abdominal pain with emaciation, cold hernia and mass.
The Shennong Jing states: Treat toothache, moxa 7 moxibustions.
One theory says for red and swollen toothache, drain it. For dampness, itching, and sores in the inner thigh and anal region, tonify first then drain. One theory says for kidney malaria with vomiting and much cold, close doors and stay inside; the disease is hard to cure, but Taixi (KI3) and Dazhong (KI4) govern it. For low back and spine pain, difficult defecation, and cold extremities, puncture Weizhong (BL40) and Dazhong (KI4).
The Yulong Fu states: Combined with Kunlun (BL60) and Shenmai (BL62), excellently treats foot swelling.
The Baizheng Fu states: Combined with Shangyang (LI1), treat cold malaria with verified efficacy.
Shuiquan (KI5) is located below the medial malleolus, 1 cun below Taixi (KI3). It is the Xi-Cleft point of the Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian. Needle 0.4 cun, moxa 5 moxibustions.
Indications: Blurred vision unable to see far, amenorrhea in women, heavy flow when menstruating, oppression and pain in the epigastrium, lower abdominal pain, painful dysuria, prolapse of the uterus.
The Baizheng Fu states: Combined with Tianshu (ST25), treat delayed menstruation.
Dazhong (KI4) is located in the center behind the heel, between the two tendons above the large bone. The commentary on Shuire Xuelun states: Located in the center behind the medial malleolus. It is the Luo-Connecting point of the Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian, diverging to the Taiyang. Needle 0.2 cun, retain for three breaths, moxa 3 moxibustions.
Indications: Rebellious qi with vexation and oppression, excess type presents with painful dysuria and retention, chills with stiff low back and spine, dry and difficult defecation, somnolence, heat in the mouth; deficiency type presents with vomiting, reversal, much cold, desire to close doors and stay inside, shortness of breath and insufficiency, chest distension, wheezing, dry tongue, food sticking unable to go down, propensity to fear and unhappiness, ringing in the throat, cough with expectoration of blood.
The Baizheng Fu states: Combined with Tongli (HT5), treat fatigue in speech and somnolence.
The Biaoyou Fu states: Treat mental dullness and stupidity.
Fuliu (KI7) (also known as Fubai, also known as Changyang) is located posterior and superior to the medial malleolus, in the depression 2 cun above the ankle. The bone on the anterior side is Fuliu (KI7), the tendon on the posterior side is Jiaoxin (KI8); the two points are separated by only one tendon. This is where the Qi of the Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian travels; it is the Jing-River point. Needle 0.3 cun, retain for three breaths, moxa 5 or 7 moxibustions.
Indications: Intestinal borborygmus and hemorrhoids, internal drawing pain in lumbar and spine unable to bend or extend, irritability and excessive talking, dry tongue with salivation, flaccid and cold feet unable to wear shoes, blurred vision, intestinal borborygmus and abdominal pain, limb edema, ten types of water diseases, five types of lin with night sweats, dental caries, faint and thin pulse.
The Shennong Jing states: Treat unremitting night sweats and sallow complexion, moxa 7 moxibustions.
The Qianjin Fang states: For bloody lin, moxa 50 moxibustions.
The Taiyi Song states: Needle to treat acute sprain pain in lumbar and spine, and wandering wind throughout the body.
The Yulong Fu states: For shanghan with no sweat, drain it. It also states: Raises sunken and hidden pulses.
The Lanjiang Fu states: For shanghan with no sweat, first tonify Hegu (LI4), then drain this point.
The Xi Hong Fu states: This point specifically treats qi stagnation in the waist.
The Lingguang Fu states: Treats edema like magic.
Jiaoxin (KI8) is located 2 cun above the medial malleolus, anterior to the Shaoyin, posterior to the Taiyin, between sinew and bone. It is the Xi-Cleft point of the Yin Qiao Mai. Needle 0.4 cun, retain for five breaths, moxa 3 moxibustions.
Indications: Five types of lin and hernia, urgency of yin with drawing pain in the medial thigh, dysentery with red and white discharge, difficulty in urination and defecation, unceasing uterine bleeding in women, prolapse of the uterus, irregular menstruation, lower abdominal pain, night sweats.
The Baizheng Fu states: Combined with Heyang (BL37), treat qi deficiency and uterine bleeding in women.
Zhubing (KI9) is located posterior to the medial malleolus, in the middle of the popliteal crease. It is the Xi-Cleft point of the Yin Wei Mai. Needle 0.3 cun, moxa 5 moxibustions.
Indications: Neonatal congenital hernia, epilepsy with tongue protrusion, mania, cursing, abdominal pain, vomiting with salivary foam, calf pain.
Yingu (KI10) is located posterior to the medial condyle of the tibia, below the large tendon, above the small tendon; pressing elicits a response, obtain it by flexing the knee. This is where the Qi of the Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian enters; it is the He-Sea point.
Needle 0.4 cun, retain for seven breaths, moxa 3 moxibustions.
Indications: Tongue deviation with drooling, abdominal distension and vexation, difficult urination, urgent hernia in lower abdomen drawing to yin, pain in the medial thigh, flaccidity and bi, knee pain unable to flex or extend, unceasing uterine bleeding in women, scant pregnancy.
The Taiyi Song states: Combined with Shuifen (CV9) and Zusanli (ST36), promote urination and reduce swelling.
The Tongxuan Zhiyao Fu states: Treat umbilical abdominal pain.
Henggu (KI11) (also known as Xiaji) is 1 cun below Dahe (KI12), 5 cun below Huangshu (KI16), 0.5 cun from the midline, in the transverse bone above the yin. (Note: From the sharp point of the lower abdomen ascending from Henggu (KI11), do not generally use abdominal measurements; rather, start from Chongmen (SP12) of the Taiyin, originating from both ends of Henggu (KI11), extending to Qichong (ST30) of the Yangming, Henggu (KI11) of the Shaoyin, to Qugu (CV2) of the midline, calculate and measure comprehensively to obtain accuracy. All measurements up to the abdomen should be inferred similarly.) It is the meeting of the Chong Mai and Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian. Needle 0.5 cun, moxa 3 or 5 moxibustions. The Jiayi Jing states: Needle 1 cun.
Indications: Five types of lin with urinary obstruction, longitudinal drawing pain from the external genitalia, lower abdominal fullness, red and painful eyes, deficiency of the five zang organs.
The Baizheng Fu states: Combined with Huangshu (KI16), drain long-standing accumulation of five types of lin.
The Xi Hong Fu states: Combined with Dadu (SP3), treat qi stagnation causing low back pain preventing standing.
Dahe (KI12) (also known as Yinwei, also known as Yinguang) is 1 cun below Qixue (KI13), 0.5 cun from the midline. It is the meeting of the Chong Mai and Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian. Needle 0.3 cun, moxa 5 moxibustions. The Qianjin Fang states: 30 moxibustions. The Jiayi Jing states: Needle 1 cun.
Indications: Deficiency consumption with loss of essence, impotence with retraction of penis, pain in the urethra, red and painful eyes, red leukorrhea in women.
Qixue (KI13) (also known as Baomen, also known as Zihu) is 1 cun below Siman (KI14), 0.5 cun from the midline. It is the meeting of the Chong Mai and Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian. Needle 0.3 cun, moxa 5 moxibustions. The Jiayi Jing states: Needle 1 cun.
Indications: Ben tun pain drawing to lumbar and spine, dysentery, irregular menstruation.
Siman (KI14) (also known as Suifu) is 1 cun below Zhongzhu (KI15), 0.5 cun from the midline. It is the meeting of the Chong Mai and Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian. Needle 0.3 cun, moxa 3 moxibustions. The Jiayi Jing states: Needle 1 cun. The Qianjin Fang states: Moxa 100 moxibustions.
Indications: Accumulation and hernia masses, cutting pain in intestines, shi shui, ben tun pain below umbilicus, irregular menstruation in women, painful stasis, infertility, moxa 30 moxibustions.
Zhongzhu (KI15) is 1 cun below Huangshu (KI16), 0.5 cun from the midline. It is the meeting of the Chong Mai and Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian. Needle 1 cun, moxa 5 moxibustions. One theory says needle 0.5 cun.
Indications: Heat in lower abdomen, hard and dry stool, low back and spine pain, red and painful eyes, irregular menstruation in women.
Huangshu (KI16) is 1 cun below Shangqu (KI17) (should be 2 cun), directly beside the umbilicus, 0.5 cun from the center of the umbilicus. It is the meeting of the Chong Mai and Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian. Needle 1 cun, moxa 5 moxibustions. One theory says needle 0.5 cun.
Indications: Abdominal pain and cold hernia, dry stool, red and painful eyes starting from the inner canthus.
The Baizheng Fu states: Combined with Henggu (KI11), drain long-standing accumulation of five types of lin.
Shangqu (KI17) is 1 cun below Shiguan (KI18), 0.5 cun from the midline. It is the meeting of the Chong Mai and Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian. Needle 1 cun, moxa 5 moxibustions. One theory says needle 0.5 cun.
Indications: Cutting pain in abdomen, accumulation with anorexia, red and painful eyes starting from the inner canthus.
Shiguan (KI18) is 1 cun below Yindu (KI19), 0.5 cun from the midline. It is the meeting of the Chong Mai and Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian. Needle 1 cun, moxa 3 moxibustions. One theory says needle 0.5 cun.
Indications: Hiccups, belching, vomiting and reversal, stiff spine and abdominal pain, qi lin with difficult urination, dry and closed stool, red and painful eyes, infertility in women, or evil blood stored in the viscera rushing upward, unbearable abdominal pain.
The Shennong Jing states: Treat pain from accumulated qi, moxa 7 moxibustions. Contraindicated for pregnant women.
The Qianjin Fang states: Treat hiccups, belching, vomiting and reversal, moxa 100 moxibustions.
The Baizheng Fu states: Combined with Yinjiao (KI8), search for causes of infertility.
Yindu (KI19) (also known as Shigong) is 1 cun below Tonggu (KI20), 0.5 cun from Zhongwan (CV12). It is the meeting of the Chong Mai and Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian. Needle 0.3 cun, moxa 3 moxibustions. The Jiayi Jing states: Needle 1 cun. The Qianjin Fang states: Moxa age-appropriate moxibustions.
Indications: Vexation, fullness,恍惚 (trance), rebellious qi with intestinal borborygmus and lung distension, qi rushing with vomiting of foam, difficult defecation, heat and pain under ribs, eye pain, alternating cold and heat malaria, infertility in women, evil blood stored in viscera causing cutting abdominal pain.
Tonggu (KI20) is in the depression 1 cun below Youmen (KI21), 0.5 cun from Shangwan (CV13). It is the meeting of the Chong Mai and Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian. Needle 0.5 cun, moxa 5 moxibustions.
Indications: Sudden aphonia with mouth locking, accumulation and mass, chest fullness with indigestion, diaphragmatic knotting with vomiting, red and painful eyes with unclear vision, clear nasal discharge, neck feeling like being pulled, unable to look back.
Youmen (KI21) (also known as Shangmen) is 0.5 cun lateral to both sides of Juque (CV14), in the depression. It is the meeting of the Chong Mai and Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian. Needle 0.5 cun, moxa 5 moxibustions.
Indications: Drawing pain in chest, vexation in epigastrium, rebellious qi with internal urgency, fullness preventing appetite, frequent dry hiccups, vomiting of salivary foam, forgetfulness, dysentery with pus and blood, lower abdominal fullness, heart pain with rebellious qi in women, propensity to vomit and inability to eat.
The Shennong Jing states: Treat epigastric stuffiness and distension, indigestion, accumulation and pain, moxa 14 moxibustions. Contraindicated for pregnant women.
The Baizheng Fu states: Combined with Yutang (CV19), can open up vexation, heart oppression, vomiting, and hiccups.
Bulang (KI22) is in the depression 1.6 cun below Shenfeng (KI23), 2 cun from the midline, adjacent to Zhongting (CV15), obtain while supine. Needle 0.3 cun, moxa 5 moxibustions.
Indications: Chest and hypochondriac fullness and pain, nasal congestion with shortness of qi, rebellious cough unable to breathe, vomiting and inability to eat, inability to raise arm.
Shenfeng (KI23) is 1.6 cun below Lingxu (KI24), 2 cun from the midline, obtain while supine. Needle 0.3 cun, moxa 5 moxibustions.
Indications: Epigastric and hypochondriac fullness and pain, rebellious cough unable to breathe, vomiting and inability to eat, mastitis, chills.
Lingxu (KI24) is in the depression 1.6 cun below Shencang (KI25), 2 cun from the midline, obtain while supine. Needle 0.3 cun, moxa 5 moxibustions.
Indications: Same as Shenfeng (KI23).
Shencang (KI25) is in the depression 1.6 cun below Yuzhong (KI26), 2 cun from the midline, obtain while supine. Needle 0.3 cun, moxa 5 moxibustions.
Indications: Same as above.
The Baizheng Fu states: Combined with Xuanji (CV15), treat chest fullness and stiff neck; tested.
Yuzhong (KI26) is in the depression 1.6 cun below Yufo (KI27), 2 cun from the midline, obtain while supine. Needle 0.4 cun, moxa 5 moxibustions.
Indications: Rebellious cough unable to pant, chest and hypochondriac support-fullness, excessive saliva, vomiting, and inability to eat.
The Shennong Jing states: Treat asthma and phlegm obstruction, moxa 14 moxibustions.
One transmission treats cough, asthma, and hemoptysis.
Yufo (KI27) is below Jugu (GB2), 2 cun lateral to Xuanji (CV15), in the depression, obtain while supine. Needle 0.3 cun, moxa 5 moxibustions.
Indications: Rebellious cough with upward qi, vomiting, inability to eat, middle pain.
One theory says drain for heat cough, tonify for cold cough.
The Yulong Fu states: Combined with Rugen (ST18), can treat qi cough and phlegm asthma.