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Alternate names: 曲骨 qū gǔ, Curved Bone; 曲骨端 qū gǔ duān, Crooked Bone’s End; 曲骨端 qū gǔ duān, Curved Bone’s End; 屈骨 qū gǔ, Crooked Bone; 屈骨端 qū gǔ duān, Crooked Bone’s End; 下极 xià jí, Lower Extreme

Channel: KI, foot lesser yīn (shào yīn) kidney channel; shared point on the thoroughfare (chōng) vessel

Modern location: An acupoint located on the smaller abdomen, 5 cùn inferior to the umbilicus, at the superior border of the pubic bone, 0.5 cùn lateral to the midline.

Classical location: One cùn below Great Manifestation (KI-12), on the bone, one cùn either side of the midline of the abdomen, in the depression shaped like an upturned moon. From The Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion (针灸大成 zhēn jiǔ dà chéng)

Local anatomy: The inferior epigastric artery and external pudendal artery. The branch of the iliohypogastric nerve.

Action: Boosts the stomach and disinhibits dampness.

Modern indications: Distension and pain in the lesser abdomen; inhibited urination; enuresis; seminal emission; impotence; mounting qì (shàn qì, inguinal hernia).

Classical indications: Abdominal distension; smaller abdominal pain; prolapse of the rectum persisting for years; painful protraction of the genitals; enuresis; the five stranguries; swelling of the lower extremities.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.3‒0.8 cùn perpendicular insertion. Moxa: 3‒5 cones; pole 10‒30 min.

Point groups: Intersection point (jiāo huì xué) of the kidney channel and thoroughfare vessel.

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