08 KI05 Shuiquan Water Spring水泉
KI05 Shuiquan
Water Spring

水泉穴

LOCATION

1 cun inferior to KI 3 in a depression anterior and superior to the calcaneal tuberosity (the site of insertion of the Achilles tendon into the calcaneum).

Features

Xi/cleft point.

Body Inches (cun)

Each person has his/her own personal body inches.
One cun is equal to the width of the Knuckle of the thumb.

Nerves, vascular

The medial cutaneous nerve of the leg, the medial calcaneal branch of the tibial nerve, and the medial calcaneal branch of the posterior tibial artery.

Indication

Irregular menstruation,dysmenorrhea,amenorrhoea,erection,difficulty in urination, blurry vision.

Combinations

Abdominal pain:ST 25 & CV 06 & KI 05.
Deficiency of kidney essence:KI 05 & CV 03 & ST 28.
Renal colic , kidney Stones:KI 05 & CV 06 & SP 10 & BL 23 & SP 06 & 6.CV 06.
Hematuria:KI 05 & BL 23 & CV 03 & SP 10.
Menstrual disorders,menstruation deferred:ST 25 & KI 05.

穴位

在足內側,內踝後下方, 當太溪直下1寸,跟骨結節的內側凹陷處。

特點

郄穴。

同身寸

針灸取穴比量法。出自《千金要方》。

是指以患者本人體表的某些部位折定分寸,

作为量取穴位的長度單位。

穴區神經血管

小腿內側皮神經,脛神經的跟骨內側支,脛後動脈的跟骨內側支。

適應症

月經不調,痛經,經閉,陰挺,小便不利,目視昏花等。

穴位配伍療法

當臍腹痛:1.天樞 2.氣海 3.水泉
腎氣虧虛:1.水泉 2.中極 3.水道
治腎絞痛、腎結石:1.水泉 2.氣海 3.血海 4.腎俞
5.三陰交 6.氣海
血尿:1.水泉 2.腎俞 3.中極 4.血海
月經失調,月事違限:1.天樞 2.水泉