Base de conocimientoPuntos de acupuntura
KI-3
Taixi
Supreme Stream
También conocido comoGreat River · Supreme Brook · Excessive Brook · *Lushi* · Great Creek · Greater Mountain Stream · Supreme Valley · Reflecting Sea · Bigger Sea · Greater Stream
- Canal
- Riñón
- Clasificación
- Shu-Arroyo, Yuan-Fuente, Cinco Fases
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Localización
- 01Found in the hollow between the medial malleolus and the Achilles tendon, at the same level as the medial malleolus's high point — specifically at the center of that hollow, halfway between the malleolus's prominence and the tendon's posterior edge.
- 02In the hollow between the tip of the medial malleolus and the Achilles tendon.
- 03In the depression between the medial malleolus and the tendocalcaneus, level with the medial malleolus's apex.
Punción
- 01Insert perpendicularly, 0.5 to 1 cun, or needle through to UB-60 Kunlun. Expect a distended, sore sensation, sometimes with numbness radiating to the sole of the foot.
- 02When treating sole-of-foot pain, angle the needle slightly toward the medial malleolus, 0.5 to 1 cun. Expect an electric, numb sensation radiating to the sole of the foot.
- 03Insert perpendicularly, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
- 04Moxibustion may be used.
Funciones del punto
- Shu-Stream point of the Kidney channel
- Yuan-Source point of the Kidney channel
- Earth point of the Kidney channel
Acciones
- Nourishes Kidney Yin
- Benefits the Kidneys
- Clears Deficiency Heat
- Tonifies Kidney Yang
- Anchors Qi
- Benefits the Lungs
- Strengthens the lumbar spine
- Strengthens the lower back and knees
- Cools Heat
- Promotes uterine function
- Benefits Jing
- Regulates the uterus
- Tonifies Blood
- Warms Cold
- Restores collapsed Yin
- Calms the fetus
- Strengthens the brain
- Regulates menstruation
- Regulates the water pathways
Indicaciones
- Deafness
- Tinnitus
- Headache
- Dizziness
- Toothache
- Nosebleed
- Sore throat
- Pharyngitis
- Chronic laryngitis
- Tonsillitis
- Throat blockage
- Laryngitis
- A glue-like heat sensation in the mouth
- Wasting and thirsting disorder
- Febrile disease with profuse sweating
- Chronic malaria
- Emaciation
- Seminal emission
- Spermatorrhea
- Impotence
- Premature ejaculation
- Sexual taxation
- Irregular menstruation
- Lumbar pain
- Pain across the abdomen and lateral costal region
- Cold-injury disorder with counterflow inversion of the hands and feet
- Ankle swelling and pain
- Cold limbs, particularly the knees and elbows
- Suffocation
- Hiccups
- Fever
- Flank pain
- Diabetes
- Middle Jiao wasting and thirsting
- Thirst
- Renal region pain
- Lower thoracic pain
- Atony of both legs
- Dark yellow urine
- Neurasthenia
- Breast abscess
- Mastitis
- Constipation
- Diaphragmatic spasms
- Infantile convulsions
- Yin hernia
- Severe jaundice
- Sticky saliva in the mouth
- Diarrhea
- Painful urinary dysfunction with syrupy discharge
- Renal colic
- Icy hands, up to the wrist
- Epilepsy
- Cough
- Hemoptysis
- Emphysema
- Tuberculosis
- Cough with poor appetite
- Wheezing
- Dyspnea
- Asthma
- Chest pain
- Insomnia
- Poor memory
- Excessive dreaming
- Heat sensations in the palms
- Sharp, stabbing Heart pain
- Frequent and copious urination
- Enuresis
- Epigastric pain
- Hypogastric heat with yellow urine
- Abdominal distention
- Difficult defecation
- Cold Shan disorder
- Itchy, damp skin lesions on the inner thigh
- Coldness of the lower limbs
- Numbness and pain in the legs
- Heel swelling and pain
- Vomiting
- Absence of sweating during febrile disease
- Anorexia
- Invasion by a perverse exogenous pathogen
- Dysmenorrhea
- Pulmonary catarrh
- Nocturnal emission
- Somnolence
- Nephritis
- Lumbar vertebral pain
- Paralysis of the lower limb
- Fatigue and numbness of the feet
- Alopecia
- Pain in the sole of the foot
- Uterine diseases
- Uterine spasms
- Restlessness with Heart pain
- Bronchitis
- Pruritis
- Frequent sighing
- Vomiting of copious mucus
- Inflammation of the mouth
- Needle-like Heart pain with icy limbs
- Migraines
- Heaviness and weariness in the four limbs
- Hypertension due to Kidney Yin Deficiency
- Chronic consumptive disorders
- Menopausal syndrome
Combinaciones
For dry throat and mouth heat with glue-like saliva
For swelling inside the throat
For throat swelling
For cough with rebellious Qi and agitation
For lumbar pain due to Kidney Deficiency
For somnolence
For unremitting diarrhea and dysenteric disorder
For difficult defecation
For dark urine
For penile pain
For pain on the inner and outer ankle
For paralysis of the lower limb
For redness, swelling and pain of the leg and foot
- N-HN-54
- LIV-3
For aural vertigo
Notas
- This point is the foremost one for treating Yin Deficiency.
- This is a very important point for tonifying any Kidney Deficiency.
- This point helps with disorders of Nu, a pattern of alternating chills and fever.
- It is also reportedly useful for dental pain.
- Consider this point when the Heart pulse is deep.
- This point has an effect on the pancreas.