KI16

Huangshu

Star

肓俞 (Huāngshū) — Vitals Shu

Kidney channel · point 16

Not yet clinically reviewed

Meeting point of the Kidney channel with the Chong Mai

Traditionally used for

Digestion
Bowel health
Menstrual & women's health

Location

On the abdomen, 0.5 cun lateral to the centre of the umbilicus.

How to locate: With the patient supine, measure 0.5 cun lateral from the centre of the umbilicus, level with CV8 and ST25.

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

Body map, front: KI16 · Upper abdomen — Fig. — KI16 · Upper 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 1–1.5 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. 355 Supports: techniques (names this point)

Site notes · not cited

Depth: 0.8–1.2 cun

Angle: Perpendicular

Functions

Regulates qi, warms and regulates the Stomach and intestines and relieves abdominal pain
Warms and tonifies the lower burner

Indications

Abdominal pain around the umbilicusconstipation and diarrhoeaherniairregular menstruation

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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