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Alternate names: 足少阴所入 zú shào yīn suǒ rù,

Channel: KI, Foot Lesser Yīn (shào yīn) Kidney Channel

Modern location: An acupoint located on the posterior aspect of the knee, at the medial end of the popliteal crease, between the tendons of the semitendinosus and semimembranosus muscles.

Classic location: Below the knee, behind the inner leg bone, below the large sinew and above the small sinew. (Zhēn Jiǔ Jiǎ Yǐ Jīng)

Local anatomy: The medial superior genicular artery and vein. The medial femoral cutaneous nerve.

Action: Boosts the kidney and revives yáng; regulates the anterior yīn.

Modern indications: Impotence; mounting qì (shàn qì, inguinal hernia); flooding and spotting; inhibited urination; aching pain in the knee and back of the knees (popliteal fossa).

Classic indications: Difficult urination; urinary urgency; extended tongue and drooling; mounting (shàn) pain; mania and withdrawal; abdominal distension.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.4‒1.0 cùn perpendicular insertion. Moxa: 3 cones; pole 3‒5 min.

Point groups: Uniting (hé) (water) point.

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