KI17

Shangqu

Star

商曲 (Shāngqū) — Shang Bend

Kidney channel · point 17

Not yet clinically reviewed

Meeting point of the Kidney channel with the Chong Mai

Traditionally used for

Digestion
Bowel health

Location

On the upper abdomen, 2 cun above the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to the anterior midline.

How to locate: The sternocostal angle to the centre of the umbilicus is 8 proportional cun; measure with proportional cun, not finger widths. From the umbilicus measure 2 cun up; the point is 0.5 cun lateral to the midline, level with CV10.

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

Body map, front: KI17 · Upper abdomen — Fig. — KI17 · 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. 356 Supports: techniques (names this point)

Site notes · not cited

Depth: 0.8–1.2 cun

Angle: Perpendicular

Functions

Regulates the Stomach and intestines and relieves abdominal pain
Dispels stagnation

Indications

Abdominal pain and distensionconstipation and diarrhoeapoor appetite

Similar Points

Shangqiu how are these connected?

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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