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Alternate names: 阴关 yīn guān, Yin Gate; 阴维 yīn wéi, Yin Link

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, 4 cùn inferior to the umbilicus and 0.5 cùn lateral to the midline.

Classical location: One cùn below Qì Hole (KI-13), one cùn either side of the midline. From The Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion (针灸大成 zhēn jiǔ dà chéng)

Local anatomy: The muscular branches of the inferior epigastric artery and vein. Branches of the subcostal nerve and iliohypogastric nerve.

Action: Supplements kidney qì and regulates the penetrating and controlling vessels.

Modern indications: Seminal emission; impotence; yīn protrusion (prolapse of the uterus); vaginal discharge.

Classical indications: Retracted genitals; pain in the penis.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.5‒1.0 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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