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POINT: KI-14 (KIDNEY-14)  

NAME: SIMAN

English: Four Fullness
Also Known As: Four Full

LOCATION:

  • 2 cun below the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to REN-5 Shimen.
  • On the lower abdomen, 2 cun below the umbilicus, 3 cun Superior to the superior border of the symphysis pubis, 0.5 cun ;ateral to the midline (REN-5 Shimen).

NEEDLING:

  • Puncture perpendicularly 0.5 to 1 cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.
  • Straight insertion 1 to 1.5 cun.
  • Caution: deep needling may penetrate the peritoneal cavity.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

  • Meeting point of the Chong channel.

ACTIONS:

  • Benefits the Lower Jiao
  • Alleviates pain
  • Regulates Qi
  • Moves Blood Stasis
  • Regulates the water passages
  • Promotes urination

INDICATIONS:

  • Abdominal pain and distention
  • Diarrhea
  • Nocturnal emission
  • Irregular menstruation
  • Dysmenorrhea
  • Postpartum abdominal pain
  • Uterine bleeding
  • Malign Blood with acute pain
  • Accumulated Cold in the uterus
  • Infertility
  • Retention of lochia
  • White, turbid urethral discharge
  • Pain of both lateral costal regions
  • Redness and pain of the inner canthus
  • Leukorrhea
  • Sterility
  • Urinary tract infection
  • Lower abdominal pain and distention
  • Shan disorder
  • Cutting pain below the umbilicus
  • Stone edema of the upper abdomen
  • Edema
  • Running piglet Qi
  • Pain of the Kidneys
  • Dysenteric disorder
  • Water in the Large Intestine
  • Constipation
  • Cold shivering
  • Seminal emission

COMBINATIONS:

KI-2
Rangu
ST-30
Qichong
LIV-13
Zhangmen

KI-2
Rangu

KI-18
Shiguan

Stone edema of the upper abdomen (moxa all points)

Stone edema of the upper abdomen

Malign Blood in the uterus

Internal counterflow fullness and pain

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

NOTES:

  • The term malign Blood refers to Blood that has left the vessels and which pools and stagnates.