Ambition, the place where the mind is stored (Lingshu-Benshen); room, the place of residence. Lingshu-Benshen: "kidney storing essence, Jingshe Zhi", the point is next to Shenshu (BL23), hence the name. Also known as Jing Palace (Yixue Rumen), it has a similar meaning.

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Zhishi (BL52) acupoint
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "In the area where there is a three-cun depression on each side of the fourteenth vertebrae."

bubble_chart Anatomy

• Muscles: latissimus dorsi, iliocostalis (the deep part is the kidney).
• Nerves: lateral branch of the posterior branch of the twelfth thoracic nerve, lateral branch of the posterior branch of the first lumbar nerve.
• Vessels: Second lumbar artery and dorsal branch of vein.

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Perpendicular insertion or oblique insertion 0.5-0.8 cun to the side of the spine, not too deep. When treating lumpago or nephroptosis, transverse insertion 2-3 cun in the direction of Shenshu (BL23) can be performed. Moxibustion with moxa cone 5~7 rounds, moxibustion with moxa stick for 10~15 minutes.

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Benefit the kidneys and strengthen the waist.

• Classical: Lumbago, strong spine, fullness of both flanks, tightness in the lower abdomen, leaking urine, seminal emission, swelling and pain in the vulva, impotence, and edema.
• Modern: nephroptosis, renal colic, nephritis, prostatitis, scrotal eczema, lower limb paralysis, lumbar muscle strain.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Dream leakage: Zhishi (BL52), Sanyinjiao (SP6).
• Nephroptosis: Pangguangshu (BL28), Zhishi (BL52), Taixi (KI3).
• Renal colic: Shenshu (BL23), Zhishi (BL52), Sanyinjiao (SP6).
• Waist soft tissue injury: Zhishi (BL52), Guanyuanshu (BL26), Yinmen (BL37).