POINTS OF THE KIDNEY MERIDIAN OF FOOT-SHAOYIN
KI 1 (Jing-Well Point)
Chinese Name: Yongquan
English Name:
Location: On the sole, in the depression when the foot is in plantar flexion, approximately at the junction of the anterior one-third and posterior two-thirds of the line connecting the base of the 2nd and 3rd toes and the heel.
Indications: Headache, blurring of vision, dizziness, sore throat, dryness of the tongue, loss of voice, dysuria, infantile, convulsions, feverish sensation in the sole, loss of consciousness.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Deeper, the plantar arterial arch.
Innervation: The second common plantar digital nerve.
KI 2 (Ying-Spring Point)
Chinese Name: Rangu
English Name:
Location: Anterior and inferior to the medial malleolus, in the depression on the lower border of the tuberosity of the navicular bone.
Indications: Pruritus vulvae, prolapse of uterus, irregular menstruation, nocturnal emission, hemoptysis, thirst, diarrhea, swelling and pain of the dorsum of foot, acute infantile omphalitis.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the medial plantar and medial tarsal arteries.
Innervation: The terminal branch of the medial crural cutaneous nerve, the medial plantar nerve.
KI 3 (Shu-Stream and Yuan-Primary Point)
Chinese Name: Taixi
English Name:
Location: In the depression between the tip of the medial malleolus and Achilles' tendon.
Indications: Sore throat, toothache, deafness, tinnitus, dizziness, spitting of blood, asthma, thirst, irregular menstruation, insomnia, nocturnal emission, impotence, frequency of micturition, pain in the lower back.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Anteriorly, the posterior tibial artery and vein.
Ihnervation: The medial crural cutaneous nerve, on the course of the tibial nerve.
KI 4 (Luo-Connecting Point)
Chinese Name: Dazhong
English Name:
Location: Posterior and inferior to the medial malleolus, in the depression anterior to the medial side of the attachment of Achilles' tendon.
Indications: Spitting of blood, asthma, stiffness and pain of the lower back, dysuria, constipation, pain in the heel, dementia.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The medial calcaneal branch of the posterior tibial artery.
Innervation: The medial crural cutaneous nerve, on the course of the medial calcaneal ramus derived from the tibial nerve.
KI 5 (Xi-Cleft Point)
Chinese Name: Shuiquan
English Name
Location: 1 cun directly below Taixi (KI 3) in the depression of the medial side of the tuberosity of the calcaneum.
Indications: Amenorrhea, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, prolapse of uterus, dysuria, blurring of vision.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Dazhong (KI 4).
KI 6 (The Eight Confluent Point)
Chinese Name: Zhaohai
English Name
Location: In the depression below the tip of the medial malleolus.
Indications: Irregular menstruation, morbid leukorrhea, prolapse of uterus, pruritus vulvae, frequency of micturition, retention of urine, constipation, epilepsy, insomnia, sore throat, asthma.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Posteriorly, the posterior tibial artery and vein.
Innervation: The medial crural cutaneous nerve; deeper, the tibial nerve.
KI 7 (Jing-River Point)
Chinese Name: Fuliu
English Name
Location: 2 cun directly above Taixi (KI 3), on the anterior border of Achilles' tendon.
Indications: Edema, abdominal distension, diarrhea, borborygmus, muscular atrophy of the leg, night sweating, spontaneous sweating, febrile diseases without sweating.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.7 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Deeper, anteriorly, the posterior tibial artery and vein.
Innervation: The medial sural and medial crural cutaneous nerves; deeper, the tibial nerve.
KI 8 (Xi-Cleft Point of the Yin Heel Vessel)
Chinese Name: Jiaoxin
English Name
Location: 0.5 cun anterior to Fuliu (KI 7), 2 cun above Taixi (KI 3) posterior to the medial border of tibia.
Indications: Irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, uterine bleeding, prolapse of uterus, diarrhea, constipation, pain and swelling of testis.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.7 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Deeper, the posterior tibial artery and vein.
Innervation: The medial crural cutaneous nerve; deeper, the tibial nerve.
KI 9 (Xi-Cleft Point of the Yin Link Vessel)
Chinese Name: Zhubin
English Name
Location: 5 cun directly above Taixi (KI 3) at the lower end of the belly of m. gastrocnemius, on the line drawn from Taixi (KI 3) to Yingu (KI 10).
Indications: Mental disorders, pain in the foot and lower leg, hernia.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.7 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Deeper, the posterior tibial artery and vein.
Innervation: The medial sural and medial crural cutaneous nerves, deeper, the tibial nerve.
KI 10 (He-Sea Point)
Chinese Name: Yingu
English Name
Location: When the knee is flexed, the point is on the medial side of the popliteal fossa, between the tendons of m. semitendinosus and semimembranosus, at the level with Weizhong (BL 40).
Indications: Impotence, hernia, uterine bleeding, dysuria, pain in the knee and popliteal fossa, mental disorders.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.8-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The medial superior genicular artery and vein.
Innervation: The medial femoral cutaneous nerve.
KI 11
Chinese Name: Henggu
English Name
Location: 5 cun below the umbilicus, on the superior border of symphysis pubis, 0.5 cun lateral to Qugu (CV 2).
Indications: Fullness and pain of the lower abdomen, dysuria enuresis, nocturnal emission, impotence, pain of genitalia.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The inferior epigastric artery and external pudendal artery.
Innervation: The branch of the iliohypogastric nerve.
KI 12
Chinese Name: Dahe
English Name
Location: 4 cun below the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to Zhongji (CV 3).
Indications: Nocturnal emission, impotence, morbid leukorrhea, pain in the external genitalia, prolapse of uterus.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The muscular branches of the inferior epigastric artery and vein.
Innervation: The branches of subcostal nerve and the iliohypogastric nerve.
KI 13
Chinese Name: Qixue
English Name
Location: 3 cun below the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to Guanyuan (CV 4).
Indications: Irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, dysuria, abdominal pain, diarrhea.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: See Dahe (KI 12).
Innervation: The subcostal nerve.
KI 14
Chinese Name: Siman
English Name
Location: 2 cun below the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to Shimen (CV 5).
Indications: Abdominal pain and distension, diarrhea, nocturnal emission, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, postpartum abdominal pain.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: See Dahe (KI 12)
Innervation: The eleventh intercostal nerve.
KI 15
Chinese Name: Zhongzhu
English Name
Location: 1 cun below the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to Yinjiao (CV 7).
Indications: Irregular menstruation, abdominal pain, constipation.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: see Oahe (KI 12).
Innervation: The tenth intercostal nerve.
KI 16
Chinese Name: Huangshu
English Name
Location: 0.5 cun lateral to the umbilicus, level with Shenque (CV 8).
Indications: Abdominal pain and distension, vomiting, constipation, diarrhea.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature; See Dahe (KI 12)
Innervation: The tenth intercostal nerve.
KI 17
Chinese Name: Shangqu
English Name
Location: 2 cun above the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to Xiawan (CV 10).
Indications: Abdominal pain, diarrhea, constipation.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the superior and inferior epigastric arteries and vems.
Innervation: The ninth intercostal nerve.
KI 18
Chinese Name: Shiguan
English Name
Location: 3 cun above the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to Jianli (CV 11).
Indications : Vomiting, abdominal pain, constipation, postpartum abdominal pain, sterility.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy Vasculature: The branches of the superior epigastric artery and vein.
Innervation: The eighth intercostal nerve.
KI 19
Chinese Name: Yindu
English Name
Location: 4 cun above the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to Zhongwan (CV 12).
Indications: Borborygmus, abdominal pain, epigastric pain, constipation, vomiting.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Shiguan (KI 18).
KI 20
Chinese Name: Futonggu
English Name
Location: 5 cun above the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to Shangwan (CV 13).
Indications: Abdominal pain and distension, vomiting, indigestion.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Shlguan (KI 18).
KI 21
Chinese Name: Youmen
English Name
Location: 6 cun above the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to Juque (CV 14).
Indications: Abdominal pain and distension, indigestion, vomiting, diarrhea, nausea, morning sickness..
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.7 inch. To avoid injuring the liver, deep insertion is not advisable. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy Vasculature: See Shiguan (KI 18).
Innervation: The seventh intercostal nerve.
KI 22
Chinese Name: Bulang
English Name
Location: In the fifth intercostal space, 2 cun lateral to the Conception Vessel.
Indications: Cough, asthma, distension and fullness in the chest and hypochondriac region vomiting, anorexia.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. To avoid injuring the heart, deep insertion is not advisable. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The fifth intercostal artery and vein.
Innervation: The anterior cutaneous branch of the fifth intercostal nerve; deeper, the fifth intercostal nerve.
KI 23
Chinese Name: Shengfeng
English Name
Location: .In the fourth intercostal space, 2 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
Indications: Cough, asthma, fullness in the chest and hypochondriac region, mastitis.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The fourth intercostal artery and vein.
Innervation: The anterior cutaneous branch of the fourth intercostal nerve; deeper, the fourth intercostal nerve.
KI 24
Chinese Name: Lingxu
English Name
Location: In the third intercostal space, 2 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
Indications: Cough, asthma, fullness in the chest and hypochondriac region, mastitis.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The third intercostal artery and vein.
Innervation: The anterior cutaneous branch of the third intercostal nerve; deeper, the third intercostal nerve.
KI 25
Chinese Name: Shencang
English Name
Location: In the second intercostal space, 2 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
Indications: Cough, asthma, chest pain.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The second intercostal artery and vein.
Innervation: The anterior cutaneous branch of the second intercostal nerve; deeper, the second intercostal nerve.
KI 26
Chinese Name: Yuzhong
English Name
Location: In the first intercostal space, 2 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
Indications: Cough, asthma, accumulation of phlegm, fullness in the chest and hypochondriac region.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The first intercostal artery and vein.
Innervation: The anterior cutaneous branch of the first intercostal nerve, the medial supraclavicular nerve; the first intercostal nerve.
KI 27
Chinese Name: Shufu
English Name
Location: In the depression on the lower border of the clavicle, 2 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
Indications: Cough, asthma, chest pain.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The anterior perforating branches of the internal mammary artery and vein.
Innervation: The medial supraclavicular nerve.
Chinese Name: Yongquan
English Name:
Location: On the sole, in the depression when the foot is in plantar flexion, approximately at the junction of the anterior one-third and posterior two-thirds of the line connecting the base of the 2nd and 3rd toes and the heel.
Indications: Headache, blurring of vision, dizziness, sore throat, dryness of the tongue, loss of voice, dysuria, infantile, convulsions, feverish sensation in the sole, loss of consciousness.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Deeper, the plantar arterial arch.
Innervation: The second common plantar digital nerve.
KI 2 (Ying-Spring Point)
Chinese Name: Rangu
English Name:
Location: Anterior and inferior to the medial malleolus, in the depression on the lower border of the tuberosity of the navicular bone.
Indications: Pruritus vulvae, prolapse of uterus, irregular menstruation, nocturnal emission, hemoptysis, thirst, diarrhea, swelling and pain of the dorsum of foot, acute infantile omphalitis.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the medial plantar and medial tarsal arteries.
Innervation: The terminal branch of the medial crural cutaneous nerve, the medial plantar nerve.
KI 3 (Shu-Stream and Yuan-Primary Point)
Chinese Name: Taixi
English Name:
Location: In the depression between the tip of the medial malleolus and Achilles' tendon.
Indications: Sore throat, toothache, deafness, tinnitus, dizziness, spitting of blood, asthma, thirst, irregular menstruation, insomnia, nocturnal emission, impotence, frequency of micturition, pain in the lower back.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Anteriorly, the posterior tibial artery and vein.
Ihnervation: The medial crural cutaneous nerve, on the course of the tibial nerve.
KI 4 (Luo-Connecting Point)
Chinese Name: Dazhong
English Name:
Location: Posterior and inferior to the medial malleolus, in the depression anterior to the medial side of the attachment of Achilles' tendon.
Indications: Spitting of blood, asthma, stiffness and pain of the lower back, dysuria, constipation, pain in the heel, dementia.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The medial calcaneal branch of the posterior tibial artery.
Innervation: The medial crural cutaneous nerve, on the course of the medial calcaneal ramus derived from the tibial nerve.
KI 5 (Xi-Cleft Point)
Chinese Name: Shuiquan
English Name
Location: 1 cun directly below Taixi (KI 3) in the depression of the medial side of the tuberosity of the calcaneum.
Indications: Amenorrhea, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, prolapse of uterus, dysuria, blurring of vision.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Dazhong (KI 4).
KI 6 (The Eight Confluent Point)
Chinese Name: Zhaohai
English Name
Location: In the depression below the tip of the medial malleolus.
Indications: Irregular menstruation, morbid leukorrhea, prolapse of uterus, pruritus vulvae, frequency of micturition, retention of urine, constipation, epilepsy, insomnia, sore throat, asthma.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Posteriorly, the posterior tibial artery and vein.
Innervation: The medial crural cutaneous nerve; deeper, the tibial nerve.
KI 7 (Jing-River Point)
Chinese Name: Fuliu
English Name
Location: 2 cun directly above Taixi (KI 3), on the anterior border of Achilles' tendon.
Indications: Edema, abdominal distension, diarrhea, borborygmus, muscular atrophy of the leg, night sweating, spontaneous sweating, febrile diseases without sweating.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.7 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Deeper, anteriorly, the posterior tibial artery and vein.
Innervation: The medial sural and medial crural cutaneous nerves; deeper, the tibial nerve.
KI 8 (Xi-Cleft Point of the Yin Heel Vessel)
Chinese Name: Jiaoxin
English Name
Location: 0.5 cun anterior to Fuliu (KI 7), 2 cun above Taixi (KI 3) posterior to the medial border of tibia.
Indications: Irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, uterine bleeding, prolapse of uterus, diarrhea, constipation, pain and swelling of testis.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.7 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Deeper, the posterior tibial artery and vein.
Innervation: The medial crural cutaneous nerve; deeper, the tibial nerve.
KI 9 (Xi-Cleft Point of the Yin Link Vessel)
Chinese Name: Zhubin
English Name
Location: 5 cun directly above Taixi (KI 3) at the lower end of the belly of m. gastrocnemius, on the line drawn from Taixi (KI 3) to Yingu (KI 10).
Indications: Mental disorders, pain in the foot and lower leg, hernia.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.7 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Deeper, the posterior tibial artery and vein.
Innervation: The medial sural and medial crural cutaneous nerves, deeper, the tibial nerve.
KI 10 (He-Sea Point)
Chinese Name: Yingu
English Name
Location: When the knee is flexed, the point is on the medial side of the popliteal fossa, between the tendons of m. semitendinosus and semimembranosus, at the level with Weizhong (BL 40).
Indications: Impotence, hernia, uterine bleeding, dysuria, pain in the knee and popliteal fossa, mental disorders.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.8-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The medial superior genicular artery and vein.
Innervation: The medial femoral cutaneous nerve.
KI 11
Chinese Name: Henggu
English Name
Location: 5 cun below the umbilicus, on the superior border of symphysis pubis, 0.5 cun lateral to Qugu (CV 2).
Indications: Fullness and pain of the lower abdomen, dysuria enuresis, nocturnal emission, impotence, pain of genitalia.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The inferior epigastric artery and external pudendal artery.
Innervation: The branch of the iliohypogastric nerve.
KI 12
Chinese Name: Dahe
English Name
Location: 4 cun below the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to Zhongji (CV 3).
Indications: Nocturnal emission, impotence, morbid leukorrhea, pain in the external genitalia, prolapse of uterus.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The muscular branches of the inferior epigastric artery and vein.
Innervation: The branches of subcostal nerve and the iliohypogastric nerve.
KI 13
Chinese Name: Qixue
English Name
Location: 3 cun below the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to Guanyuan (CV 4).
Indications: Irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, dysuria, abdominal pain, diarrhea.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: See Dahe (KI 12).
Innervation: The subcostal nerve.
KI 14
Chinese Name: Siman
English Name
Location: 2 cun below the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to Shimen (CV 5).
Indications: Abdominal pain and distension, diarrhea, nocturnal emission, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, postpartum abdominal pain.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: See Dahe (KI 12)
Innervation: The eleventh intercostal nerve.
KI 15
Chinese Name: Zhongzhu
English Name
Location: 1 cun below the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to Yinjiao (CV 7).
Indications: Irregular menstruation, abdominal pain, constipation.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: see Oahe (KI 12).
Innervation: The tenth intercostal nerve.
KI 16
Chinese Name: Huangshu
English Name
Location: 0.5 cun lateral to the umbilicus, level with Shenque (CV 8).
Indications: Abdominal pain and distension, vomiting, constipation, diarrhea.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature; See Dahe (KI 12)
Innervation: The tenth intercostal nerve.
KI 17
Chinese Name: Shangqu
English Name
Location: 2 cun above the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to Xiawan (CV 10).
Indications: Abdominal pain, diarrhea, constipation.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the superior and inferior epigastric arteries and vems.
Innervation: The ninth intercostal nerve.
KI 18
Chinese Name: Shiguan
English Name
Location: 3 cun above the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to Jianli (CV 11).
Indications : Vomiting, abdominal pain, constipation, postpartum abdominal pain, sterility.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy Vasculature: The branches of the superior epigastric artery and vein.
Innervation: The eighth intercostal nerve.
KI 19
Chinese Name: Yindu
English Name
Location: 4 cun above the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to Zhongwan (CV 12).
Indications: Borborygmus, abdominal pain, epigastric pain, constipation, vomiting.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Shiguan (KI 18).
KI 20
Chinese Name: Futonggu
English Name
Location: 5 cun above the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to Shangwan (CV 13).
Indications: Abdominal pain and distension, vomiting, indigestion.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Shlguan (KI 18).
KI 21
Chinese Name: Youmen
English Name
Location: 6 cun above the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to Juque (CV 14).
Indications: Abdominal pain and distension, indigestion, vomiting, diarrhea, nausea, morning sickness..
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.7 inch. To avoid injuring the liver, deep insertion is not advisable. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy Vasculature: See Shiguan (KI 18).
Innervation: The seventh intercostal nerve.
KI 22
Chinese Name: Bulang
English Name
Location: In the fifth intercostal space, 2 cun lateral to the Conception Vessel.
Indications: Cough, asthma, distension and fullness in the chest and hypochondriac region vomiting, anorexia.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. To avoid injuring the heart, deep insertion is not advisable. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The fifth intercostal artery and vein.
Innervation: The anterior cutaneous branch of the fifth intercostal nerve; deeper, the fifth intercostal nerve.
KI 23
Chinese Name: Shengfeng
English Name
Location: .In the fourth intercostal space, 2 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
Indications: Cough, asthma, fullness in the chest and hypochondriac region, mastitis.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The fourth intercostal artery and vein.
Innervation: The anterior cutaneous branch of the fourth intercostal nerve; deeper, the fourth intercostal nerve.
KI 24
Chinese Name: Lingxu
English Name
Location: In the third intercostal space, 2 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
Indications: Cough, asthma, fullness in the chest and hypochondriac region, mastitis.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The third intercostal artery and vein.
Innervation: The anterior cutaneous branch of the third intercostal nerve; deeper, the third intercostal nerve.
KI 25
Chinese Name: Shencang
English Name
Location: In the second intercostal space, 2 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
Indications: Cough, asthma, chest pain.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The second intercostal artery and vein.
Innervation: The anterior cutaneous branch of the second intercostal nerve; deeper, the second intercostal nerve.
KI 26
Chinese Name: Yuzhong
English Name
Location: In the first intercostal space, 2 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
Indications: Cough, asthma, accumulation of phlegm, fullness in the chest and hypochondriac region.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The first intercostal artery and vein.
Innervation: The anterior cutaneous branch of the first intercostal nerve, the medial supraclavicular nerve; the first intercostal nerve.
KI 27
Chinese Name: Shufu
English Name
Location: In the depression on the lower border of the clavicle, 2 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
Indications: Cough, asthma, chest pain.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The anterior perforating branches of the internal mammary artery and vein.
Innervation: The medial supraclavicular nerve.
