Xi-cleft point of yin link vessel.

bubble_chart Etymology

"Zhu" (築), to pound or beat, referring to a place where the pulse is strong and palpable; "bin" (賓) means guest. The point is located beside posterior tibial artery, hence the name.

bubble_chart Location

Zhubin (KI9) acupoint
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

On the medial side of the lower leg, 5 cun above the tip of the medial malleolus, on the line connecting Taixi (KI3) and Yingu (KI10), in the depression inferior to medial belly of gastrocnemius muscle.

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "On medial side of lower leg, at the division of calf muscle, above medial malleolus";
• Shengji Zonglu: "Five cun above medial malleolus";
• Zhenfang Liuji Author: "Six cun above medial malleolus, at the division of calf muscle".

bubble_chart Anatomy

• Muscles: anteriorly, flexor digitorum longus muscle; posteriorly, gastrocnemius muscle.
• Nerves: medial sural cutaneous nerve, medial calf cutaneous branch of saphenous nerve, tibial nerve.
• Vessel: deep medially, posterior tibial artery and vein.

bubble_chart Manipulation

Perpendicular insertion 0.5～1.5 cun. Moxibustion with moxa cone 3 to 5 times, moxibustion with moxa stick for 10 to 15 minutes.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Regulate lower jiao, clear spirit.

• Classical: hernia pain in abdomen, manic and depressive psychosis, vomiting, calf pain, weakness in legs, goiter, infertility.
• Modern: nephritis, cystitis, urinary tract infection, pelvic inflammation, schizophrenia, gastrocnemius spasm.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Vomiting with frothy saliva: Shaohai (HT3), Zhubin (KI9).
• Urinary tract infection: Zhongji (CV3), Guilai (ST29), Zhubin (KI9), Fuliu (KI7) , Feiyang (BL58).