LOCATION: 2 cun above K 3, on the anterior border of tendocalcaneous
IMAGE: Also translated as "Recover Flow" and "Returning Current". K 7 can affect the "currents"
of the body fluids, such as menstrual flow, sweat, & urine.
FUNCTIONS: Regulates the Kidney Qi
Clears & Cools Damp Heat in the Bladder
Boosts the Wei Qi, Builds Kidney Yin & Yang, Builds the Pulse, Drains Dampness, Moistens
Dryness, Regulates Bladder, Regulates Menses & Body Fluids, Regulates Sweat, Removes
Stagnation, Strengthens the Back, Tonifies Kidney Qi
INDICATIONS:
abdominal distension
absence of sweating
edema
functional uterine bleeding
insanity
leukorrhea
low back pain
nephritis
night sweats
orchitis
pain of lumbar vertebrae
pus & blood in the stool
tidal fevers
urinary dysfunction
urinary tract infection
NEEDLING: Perpendicularly 0.5 - 0.7 cun
PSYCHO-SPIRITUAL USES: Always angry, talks a lot, excess or insufficient willpower
POINT COMBINATIONS: Can create a sweat with LI 4 to expel external evil
Famous point for night sweats (with Ht 6) or no sweat. (Night sweats = deficient yin; need to build
water in the body.)
OTHER: Tonification point on the Kidney meridian
Important point for building water. Metal point-- where water is made on the meridian
Main point for edema
Builds Kidney yang, tonifies Kidney function. Only point of channel for Yang tonic.
hemorrhoids
chronic low back pain
More for urinary / damp heat associations
seminal emission
J.C. Darrus:
renal pathology, edema
testicular pathology
dry tongue and throat with thirst, distended abdomen, diarrhea, feeling of parasites in
stomach
"cold to the marrow", diseases due to cold
blurred vision, pain in the gums and teeth
renal pain, cannot bend forward
