Kidney Meridian

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 涌泉 (yǒng quán)

🎯 Location: On the sole in the depression the when foot is in the plantar flexion the approximately at the junction of the anterior 1/3 and posterior 2/3 of the line connecting base of the 2nd and 3rd toes and heel.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid in patients with severe deficiency conditions.

🛡️ Treats: cough, anxiety, dyspnoea, dizziness, cough:blood

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 然谷 (rán gǔ)

🎯 Location: Anterior and inferior to the medial malleolus in the depression on the lower border of the tuberosity of the navicular bone.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: diarrhoea, anxiety, dyspnoea, deficiency:heat, asthma

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 太谿 (tài xī)

🎯 Location: In the depression the between tip of the medial malleolus and achilles tendon.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: cough, pain:chest, dyspnoea, deficiency:heat, asthma

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 大鐘 (dà zhōng)

🎯 Location: Posterior and inferior to the medial malleolus in the depression the anterior to the medial side of the attachment of the achilles tendon.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: cough, anxiety, asthma, cough:blood, palpitations

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 水泉 (shuǐ quán)

🎯 Location: 1 thumb width directly below kd3 in the depression of the medial side of the tuberosity of the calcaneum.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: pain:abdomen, amenorrhea, prolapse:uterus, dysfunction:urination, dysmenorrhoea

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 照海 (zhào hǎi)

🎯 Location: In the depression the below tip of the medial malleolus.

⚠️ Cautions: Contraindicated during pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: deficiency:heat, dizziness, constipation, fullness:chest, distension:abdomen

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 復溜 (fù liū)

🎯 Location: 2 thumb widths directly above the kd3 on the anterior border of the achilles tendon.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: cough, fullness:chest, damp, oedema, cough:pus

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 交信 (jiāo xìn)

🎯 Location: 05 thumb widths anterior to the kd7, 2 thumb widths above the kd3 posterior to the medial border of the tibia.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: diarrhoea, heat, amenorrhea, swelling, dysentery

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 築賓 (zhù bīn)

🎯 Location: 5 thumb widths directly above the kd3 at the lower end of the belly of the gastrocnemius on the line drawn from kd3 to the kd10.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: phlegm, depression, pain, goitre, vomiting:foam

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 陰谷 (yīn gǔ)

🎯 Location: When knee is flexed point is on the medial side of the popliteal fossa between tendons of the semitendinosus and semimembranosus at the level with ub40.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: diarrhoea, depression, distension:abdomen, pain:abdomen, pain

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 橫骨 (héng gǔ)

🎯 Location: 5 thumb widths below umbilicus on the superior border of the symphysis pubis 05 thumb widths lateral to the cv2.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: pain:abdomen, prolapse:rectum, prolapse:uterus, retention:urine, benefit:digestion

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 大赫 (dà hè)

🎯 Location: 4 thumb widths below umbilicus 05 thumb widths lateral to the cv3.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: deficiency, prolapse:uterus, pain:penis, pain:genitals, redness:eye:canthus:medial

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 氣穴 (qì xué)

🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths below umbilicus 05 thumb widths lateral to the cv4.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: pain:abdomen, amenorrhea, pain:back:lumbar, dysfunction:urination, diarrhoea:persistent

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 四滿 (sì mǎn)

🎯 Location: 2 thumb widths below umbilicus 05 thumb widths lateral to the cv5.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: pain:abdomen, amenorrhea, stagnation:blood, prolapse:uterus, dysfunction:urination

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 中注 (zhōng zhù)

🎯 Location: 1 thumb width below umbilicus 05 thumb widths lateral to the cv7.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: diarrhoea, stools:dry, constipation, pain:abdomen, dysentery

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 肓俞 (huāng yú)

🎯 Location: 05 thumb widths lateral to the umbilicus level with cv8.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: diarrhoea, stools:dry, constipation, vomiting, distension:abdomen

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 商曲 (shāng qū)

🎯 Location: 2 thumb widths above the umbilicus 05 thumb widths lateral to the cv10.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: appetite:weak, diarrhoea, constipation, vomiting, pain

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 石關 (shí guān)

🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths above the umbilicus 05 thumb widths lateral to the cv11.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: constipation, vomiting, stagnation:blood, pain, hiccups

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 陰都 (yīn dū)

🎯 Location: 4 thumb widths above the umbilicus 0.5 thumb widths lateral to the cv12.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: cough, vomiting, distension:abdomen, pain:abdomen, pain

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 腹通谷 (fù tōng gǔ)

🎯 Location: 5 thumb widths above the umbilicus 05 thumb widths lateral to the cv13.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: cough, diarrhoea, dyspnoea, phlegm, palpitations

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 幽門 (yōu mén)

🎯 Location: 6 thumb widths above the umbilicus 05 thumb widths lateral to the cv14.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: cough, pain:chest, diarrhoea, cough:blood, vomiting

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 步廊 (bù láng)

🎯 Location: In the 5th intercostal space 2 thumb widths lateral to the cv mai.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling; risk of pneumothorax.

🛡️ Treats: cough, pain:chest, dyspnoea, asthma, deficiency:qi

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 神封 (shén fēng)

🎯 Location: In the 4th intercostal space 2 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling; risk of pneumothorax.

🛡️ Treats: cough, asthma, fullness:chest, vomiting, abscess:breast

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 靈墟 (líng xū)

🎯 Location: In the 3rd intercostal space 2 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling; risk of pneumothorax.

🛡️ Treats: cough, pain:chest, asthma, palpitations, vomiting

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 神藏 (shén cáng)

🎯 Location: In the 2nd intercostal space 2 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling; risk of pneumothorax.

🛡️ Treats: cough, dyspnoea, asthma, fullness:chest, vomiting

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 彧中 (yù zhōng)

🎯 Location: In the 1st intercostal space 2 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling; risk of pneumothorax.

🛡️ Treats: cough, dyspnoea, phlegm, asthma, cough:blood

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 俞府 (yú fǔ)

🎯 Location: In the depression on the lower border of the clavicle 2 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling; risk of pneumothorax.

🛡️ Treats: cough, pain:chest, dyspnoea, phlegm, vomiting