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, Shortness of Breath, Dizziness, Coughing 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: Diarrhea, Anxiety, Shortness of Breath, Heat Deficiency, 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, Chest Pain, Shortness of Breath, Heat Deficiency, 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, Coughing Blood, Palpitations

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 水泉 (shuǐ quán)

🎯 Location: 1 thumb width directly below KD03 in the depression of the medial side of the tuberosity of the calcaneum.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Abdominal Pain, Absent Periods, Uterine Prolapse, Urinary Problems, Menstrual Cramps

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 照海 (zhào hǎi)

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

⚠️ Cautions: Traditionally forbidden in pregnancy – these are the points used to bring on labour at term. Controlled data show no excess of preterm birth or stillbirth (Carr 2015), but in pregnancy needle only on a clear obstetric indication.

🛡️ Treats: Heat Deficiency, Dizziness, Constipation, Chest Fullness, Abdominal Bloating

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 復溜 (fù liū)

🎯 Location: 2 thumb widths directly above the KD03 on the anterior border of the achilles tendon.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Fullness, Damp, Edema, Cough Pus

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 交信 (jiāo xìn)

🎯 Location: 0.5 thumb widths anterior to the KD07, 2 thumb widths above the KD03 posterior to the medial border of the tibia.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Heat, Absent Periods, Swelling, Dysentery

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 築賓 (zhù bīn)

🎯 Location: 5 thumb widths directly above the KD03 at the lower end of the belly of the gastrocnemius on the line drawn from KD03 to the KD10.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Phlegm, Depression, Pain, Goiter, 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 BL40.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Depression, Abdominal Bloating, Abdominal Pain, Pain

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 橫骨 (héng gǔ)

🎯 Location: 5 thumb widths below umbilicus on the superior border of the symphysis pubis 0.5 thumb widths lateral to the CV02.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid needling over the gravid uterus after the first trimester; where used in pregnancy, needle shallowly and only on a clear obstetric indication.

🛡️ Treats: Abdominal Pain, Rectal Prolapse, Uterine Prolapse, Urinary Retention, Benefit Digestion

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 大赫 (dà hè)

🎯 Location: 4 thumb widths below umbilicus 0.5 thumb widths lateral to the CV03.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: Deficiency, Uterine Prolapse, Penis Pain, Genital Pain, Eye Canthus Medial Redness

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 氣穴 (qì xué)

🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths below umbilicus 0.5 thumb widths lateral to the CV04.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: Abdominal Pain, Absent Periods, Lower Back Pain, Urinary Problems, Diarrhoea Persistent

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 四滿 (sì mǎn)

🎯 Location: 2 thumb widths below umbilicus 0.5 thumb widths lateral to the CV05.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: Abdominal Pain, Absent Periods, Blood Stagnation, Uterine Prolapse, Urinary Problems

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 中注 (zhōng zhù)

🎯 Location: 1 thumb width below umbilicus 0.5 thumb widths lateral to the CV07.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Stools Dry, Constipation, Abdominal Pain, Dysentery

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 肓俞 (huāng yú)

🎯 Location: 0.5 thumb widths lateral to the umbilicus level with CV08.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Stools Dry, Constipation, Vomiting, Abdominal Bloating

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 商曲 (shāng qū)

🎯 Location: 2 thumb widths above the umbilicus 0.5 thumb widths lateral to the CV10.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: Poor Appetite, Diarrhea, Constipation, Vomiting, Pain

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 石關 (shí guān)

🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths above the umbilicus 0.5 thumb widths lateral to the CV11.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: Constipation, Vomiting, Blood Stagnation, 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, Abdominal Bloating, Abdominal Pain, Pain

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 腹通谷 (fù tōng gǔ)

🎯 Location: 5 thumb widths above the umbilicus 0.5 thumb widths lateral to the CV13.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Diarrhea, Shortness of Breath, Phlegm, Palpitations

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 幽門 (yōu mén)

🎯 Location: 6 thumb widths above the umbilicus 0.5 thumb widths lateral to the CV14.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid needling over the gravid uterus after the first trimester; where used in pregnancy, needle shallowly and only on a clear obstetric indication.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Pain, Diarrhea, Coughing 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, Chest Pain, Shortness of Breath, Asthma, Qi Deficiency

🗺️ 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, Chest Fullness, Vomiting, Breast Abscess

🗺️ 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, Chest Pain, 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, Shortness of Breath, Asthma, Chest Fullness, 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, Shortness of Breath, Phlegm, Asthma, Coughing 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, Chest Pain, Shortness of Breath, Phlegm, Vomiting