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BL-23 Kidney Transport
肾俞 〔腎俞〕 shèn shù
Alternate names: 高盖 gāo gài, High Cover
Channel: BL, foot greater yáng (tài yáng) bladder channel
Modern location: An acupoint located on the lower back, level with the inferior border of the spinous process of the second lumbar vertebra, 1.5 cùn lateral to the midline.
Classical location: One cùn and five fēn either side of the spine, below the fourteenth vertebra, at the level of the navel. The point is found in straight sitting posture. From
Local anatomy: The posterior ramus of the 2nd lumbar artery and vein. Branch of the posterior ramus of the 1st lumbar nerve.
Action: Supplements the kidney; strengthens transformative action of qì; dispels water-dampness; strengthens the lumbar and spine; boosts water and invigorates fire; brightens the eyes and sharpens the hearing.
Modern indications: Enuresis; seminal emission; impotence; menstrual irregularities; vaginal discharge; deafness; tinnitus; water swelling; lumbar pain.
Classical indications: Vacuity taxation and emaciation; bloody urine; turbid urine containing semen; aching lumbus and cold knees; fullness in the rib-side; acute pain in the smaller abdomen; dispersion-thirst; cough, panting or scantness of breath; headache; genital pain;
Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.5‒1.0 cùn perpendicular insertion. Moxa: 3‒7 cones; pole 10‒20 min.
Needle sensation: Distension and numbness, often spreading downward and outward and sometimes spreading over the buttocks and down the legs.
Point groups: Transport point (shù xué) of the kidney.
Point name meaning:
The point’s association with the kidney accounts for its name. See