KI13

Qixue

Star

氣穴 (Qìxué) — Qi Hole

Kidney channel · point 13

Not yet clinically reviewed

Meeting point of the Kidney channel with the Chong Mai

Traditionally used for

Digestion
Bowel health
Urinary & fluids
Menstrual & women's health
Fertility & vitality

Location

On the lower abdomen, 3 cun below the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to the anterior midline.

How to locate: The umbilicus to the upper border of the pubic symphysis is 5 proportional cun; measure with proportional cun, not finger widths. From the upper border of the symphysis measure 2 cun up; the point is 0.5 cun lateral to the midline, level with CV4.

Distances are in cun, a proportional unit — how to measure.

Body map, front: KI13 · Lower abdomen — Fig. — KI13 · Lower abdomen After Albinus, 1747

The abdominal regions — Gray's Anatomy plate — The abdominal regions Gray's Anatomy, 1918

3D view

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Needling

Cited needling

Perpendicular insertion

Depth 0.5–1 cun

skindeeper

Depths describe average adult habitus in the cited population, never a single safe number for the patient in front of you. Palpate and adjust.

Sources (1)

Deadman P, Al-Khafaji M, Baker K. A Manual of Acupuncture. Hove: Journal of Chinese Medicine Publications; 1998 — p. 353 Supports: techniques (names this point)

Site notes · not cited

Depth: 0.8–1.2 cun

Angle: Perpendicular

Functions

Regulates the Chong Mai and Ren Mai and benefits the uterus
Regulates the lower burner
Tonifies the Kidney and the essence

Indications

Irregular menstruation and infertilitydiarrhoeadifficult urinationlower abdominal pain

Sources

World Health Organization. WHO Standard Acupuncture Point Locations in the Western Pacific Region. Manila: WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2008. (Location.)
Focks C, ed. Atlas of Acupuncture. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2008. (Locating method and actions.)

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