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POINT: KI-5 (KIDNEY-5)

NAME: SHIQUAN

English: Water Spring
Also Known As: Spring
Water Source
Water Fountain
Water's Spring

LOCATION:

  • 1 cun directly below KI-3 Taixi, in the depression of the medial side of the tuberosity of the calcaneus.
  • 1 cun directly below KI-3 Taixi, above the calcaneus bone.
  • 1 cun inferior to KI-3 Taixi, in an depression anterior and superior to the calcaneal tuberosity (the site of insertion of the Achilles tendon into the calcaneus).

NEEDLING:

  • Puncture perpendicularly 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.
  • Slanted insertion 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
  • Oblique-perpendicular insertion directed away from the bone, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

  • Xi-Cleft (Accumulation) point

ACTIONS:

  • Benefits urination
  • Promotes Blood circulation
  • Stops abdominal pain
  • Regulates the uterus
  • Regulates the Chong and Ren channels
  • Benefits menstruation

INDICATIONS:

  • Amenorrhea
  • Irregular menstruation
  • Dysmenorrhea
  • Uterine prolapse
  • Dysuria
  • Blurred vision
  • Enuresis
  • Bladder spasms
  • Colic
  • Lupus
  • Lower Jiao wasting and thirsting
  • Frequent urination
  • Menorrhagia
  • Cloudy vision
  • Short sightedness
  • Abdominal pain
  • Myopia
  • Rigidity of the spine
  • Low back pain
  • Bone marrow problems
  • Fear
  • Depression
  • Agoraphobia
  • Vision problems
  • Epigastric pain
  • Acute cystitis
  • Acute urethritis
  • Periumbilical pain
  • Delayed menstruation with oppression and pain below the Heart on onset of menstruation
  • Dribbling urination

COMBINATIONS:

KI-6
Zhaohai

ST-25
Tianshu

KI-6
Zhaohai
UB-62
 Shenmai
LIV-8
Ququan

Amenorrhea with much oppression and pain below the Heart

Irregular menstruation

Uterine prolapse

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

NOTES:

  • This point can be used for any abnormalities of the spine. It will revitalize bones.
  • This point is a sledge hammer to knock down emotional walls.