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The Shaoyin Kidney Meridian has twenty-seven acupoints: Yongquan (KI1), RanGu (KI2), Taixi (KI3), Dazhong (KI4), Zhaohai (KI6), Shuiquan (KI5), Fuliu (KI7), Jiaoxin (KI8), Zubin (KI9), Henggu (KI10), Dahe (KI11), Qixue (KI12), Siman (KI13), Zhongzhu (KI14), Huangshu (KI15), Shangqu (KI16), Shiguan (KI17), Yindu (KI18), Tonggu (KI19), Youmen (KI20), Bulang (KI21), Shenfeng (KI22), Lingxu (KI23), Shencang (KI24), Huozhong (KI25), and Yufo (KI26). Note: The text lists 27 points but the song omits or combines some; standard count includes these. *Correction based on text*: The text lists specific names. I will translate the names as listed.

The depression in the center of the sole is Yongquan (KI1, "Springing Well"). RanGu (KI2, "Natural Valley") is located one cun anterior to the medial malleolus. Taixi (KI3, "Great Stream") is located posterior to the medial malleolus, above the calcaneus. Dazhong (KI4, "Great Bell") is located at the posterior aspect of the heel, in the middle of the calcaneus, between the two tendons above the large bone (the gate-like depression). Shuiquan (KI5, "Water Spring") is found one cun directly below Taixi. Zhaohai (KI6, "Connecting Sea") is truly located four cun below the medial malleolus. Fuliu (KI7, "Returning Flow") is two cun anterior and superior to the medial malleolus. Jiaoxin (KI8, "Connecting Signal") is two cun superior to the medial malleolus. These two points are separated only by a tendon (Fuliu is beside the anterior bone, Jiaoxin is beside the posterior bone, with only one tendon separating them). Zubin (KI9, "Building Guest") is located five cun superior to the medial malleolus. YinGu (KI10, "Yin Valley") is located in the depression behind the knee when it is flexed. Henggu (KI10, "Horizontal Bone"), Dahe (KI11, "Great Harmony"), Qixue (KI12, "Qi Gate"), Siman (KI13, "Four Fullnesses"), and Zhongzhu (KI14, "Middle Injection") are connected. They are each located one and a half cun lateral to the midline, with one cun distance between adjacent points vertically. The distance upward to Huangshu (KI15, "Blind Bore") is also one cun. Huangshu is located half a cun lateral to the umbilicus. From Huangshu, Shangqu (KI16, "Upper Curve"), Shiguan (KI17, "Stone Gate"), Yindu (KI18, "Yin Palace"), Tonggu (KI19, "Connecting Valley"), and Youmen (KI20, "Yin Door"), they are each located five fen lateral to the midline, with one cun distance between adjacent points vertically. Bulang (KI21, "Step Corridor"), Shenfeng (KI22, "Spirit Enclosure"), Lingxu (KI23, "Spiritual Void"), Shencang (KI24, "Spirit Storage"), Huozhong (KI25, "Or Middle"), and Yufo (KI26, "Yu Mansion") are each located two cun lateral to the midline, with six fen (or one cun six fen, depending on interpretation of 'cun liu') distance between adjacent points. Yufo is located two cun lateral to Xuanji (CV15); correct needle placement yields success.

Ma Xuantai stated: Yindu (KI18) is five fen lateral to Zhongwan (CV12). Tonggu (KI19) is five fen lateral to Shangwan (CV13). Youmen (KI20) is five fen lateral to Juque (CV14). Furthermore, regarding the lower points from Henggu (KI10), Dahe (KI11), Qixue (KI12), Siman (KI13), to Zhongzhu (KI14), they are spaced one cun apart vertically. Thus, Henggu is five cun below Huangshu (KI15), which is justified. However, from Henggu to Zhongzhu, they are each one and a half cun lateral to the midline. Huangshu, Shangqu, Shiguan, Yindu, Tonggu, and Youmen are each five fen lateral to the midline. Bulang, Shenfeng, Lingxu, Shencang, Huozhong, and Yufo are each two cun lateral to the midline. Their curved arrangement is thus. The *Xu's Acupuncture Book* describes them in two rows, which is erroneous. (Note: Juque is an acupoint name on the Ren Mai meridian).