bubble_chart Category Xi-cleft point.
bubble_chart Etymology
"Shui" (水), water; "quan" (泉), spring or fountain. Kidney governs water metabolism, and the acupoint is the xi-cleft point of foot shaoyin meridian, relating to urine excretion, hence the name.
bubble_chart Location
On medial side of foot, inferior and posterior to medial malleolus, 1 cun directly below
Taixi (KI3), in the depression on medial side of calcaneal tuberosity.
- Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "1 cun below Taixi (KI3), beneath medial malleolus of foot";
- Xunjing Kaoxue Bian: "Located below medial malleolus, close to the bone, in the depression between two bones of heel".
bubble_chart Anatomy
- Nerve: medial cutaneous branch of saphenous nerve, medial calcaneal branch of tibial nerve.
- Vessel: medial calcaneal branch of the posterior tibial artery
bubble_chart Manipulation
Perpendicular insertion 0.3～0.5 cun. Moxibustion with moxa cone 3 to 5 times, moxibustion with moxa stick for 10 to 15 minutes.
bubble_chart Efficacy
Regulate menstruation, replenish kidney.
- Classical: amenorrhea , pain below heart, Uterine prolapse, dribbling urination, abdominal pain, blurred vision, ankle pain, heel pain.
- Modern: Uterine prolapse, prostatitis.
bubble_chart Combinations
- Irregular menstruation: Tianshu (ST25), Shuiquan (KI5).
- Pain around navel: Tianshu (ST25), Qihai (CV6), Shuiquan (KI5).
