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Channel: KI, foot lesser yīn (shào yīn) kidney channel

Modern location: An acupoint located on the medial aspect of the heel, in the concavity of the calcaneum, about 1 cùn straight below KI-3.

Classical location: One cùn below Great Ravine (KI-3), below the inner anklebone. From The Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion (针灸大成 zhēn jiǔ dà chéng)

Local anatomy: See KI-4.

Action: Regulates the menses; courses the lower burner.

Modern indications: Menstrual irregularities; menstrual pain; amenorrhea; yīn protrusion (prolapse of the uterus); inhibited urination.

Classical indications: Absence of menstruation; oppression and pain below the heart; dribbling urination; nearsightedness; abdominal pain.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.4 cùn oblique or perpendicular insertion. Moxa: 5 cones; pole 5‒10 min.

Point groups: Cleft (xī) point of the kidney channel.

Point name meaning:

• 水 shǔ: water
• 肓 huāng: huāng, the membrane located above the diaphragm

KI-5 is the cleft (xī) point of the kidney channel, and as such, is located in a cleft where kidney (water) qì collects. A spring is a deep place where water collects; hence the name. See acupoint names: origins, meanings, and translations.

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