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

Modern location: An acupoint located on the chest, in the second intercostal space, 2 cùn lateral to the midline.

Classical location: One cùn and six fēn above Spirit Ruins (KI-24), two cùn either side of the midline. The point is found in supine posture. From The Golden Mirror of Medicine (医宗金鑑 yī zōng jīn jiàn)

Local anatomy: The 2nd intercostal artery and vein. The anterior cutaneous branch of the 2nd intercostal nerve; deeper, the 2nd intercostal nerve.

Action: Opens the chest; calms panting and relieves cough; rectifies qì.

Modern indications: Cough; panting; chest pain; retching and vomiting.

Classical indications: Propping fullness in the chest and rib-side; retching and vomiting; vexation and fullness; no pleasure in eating.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.3‒0.5 cùn oblique or perpendicular insertion. Moxa: 5 cones; pole 5‒20 min.

Point name meaning:

• 神 shén: spirit
• 藏 cáng: to store; zàng, the viscera

The yīn spirit (灵 líng) of the five viscera is transformed by heart fire into spirit (神 shén). This spirit is then stored in the heart. This point name refers to the point’s location near the heart, which is the Spirit Storehouse. See acupoint names: origins, meanings, and translations.

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