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POINT: KI-13

NAME: QIXUE

English: Qi Cave
Also Known As: Qi's Orifice
Qi Hole
Door of Infants

LOCATION:

  • On the lower abdomen, 3 cun below the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to REN-4 Guanyuan.
  • On the lower abdomen, 3 cun below the umbilicus, 2 cun superior to the superior border of the symphysis pubis, 0.5 cun lateral to REN-4 Guanyuan.

NEEDLING:

  • Puncture perpendicularly 0.5 to 1 cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.
  • Straight insertion 1 to 1.5 cun.
    Caution: deep insertion will penetrate a full Bladder which should therefore be emptied before treatment.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

  • Meeting point on the Chong channel

ACTIONS:

  • Tonifies the Kidneys
  • Tonifies Jing
  • Removes obstructions from the channel
  • Regulates the Chong and REN channels
  • Regulates the Lower Jiao

INDICATIONS:

  • Redness of the eye originating at the inner canthus
  • Irregular menstruation
  • Dysmenorrhea
  • Dysuria
  • Abdominal pain
  • Diarrhea
  • Uterine bleeding
  • Difficult urination
  • Running piglet Qi
  • Lumbar pain
  • Leukorrhea
  • Sterility
  • Urinary tract infection
  • Masses in the chest
  • Abdominal fullness
  • Amenorrhea
  • Infertility in women
  • Incessant diarrhea
  • Rushing sensation up and down the lumbar spine

COMBINATIONS:

UB-23
Shenshu
REN-6
Qihai
SP-6
Sanyinjiao
SP-5
Shangqiu

 

Irregular menstruation

Infertility

 

 

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

NOTES:

  • This point both tonifies the Kidneys and reduces masses in the chest.
  • This is an important point for treating running piglet Qi.