KI-3

KI-3

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Channel
Element
English
Supreme Stream
Name
太谿
Transliteration
Taixi
Special Point
Key PointShu StreamYuan PointEarth Point
Description
Shu-Stream, Yuan-Source and Earth point Lung is the canopy and Kidney is the root of the tree of the body Strengthens both kidney yin and kidney yang.
Indications
Kidneys heat deficiency qi Lung lumbar spine
Kinesiology
Vision hearing memory vestibular menstruation sleep backache libido key point for kidney organ
Channel Psychology
St: I am afraid of being myself. Fear and discontent
 Sp: I procrastinate and worry. Afraid of being alone or rejected
Key Spirit Point Themes
Being of service to connect
Symptoms
Deafness, tinnitus, headache and dizziness, toothache, nosebleed, sore throat, heat sensation in the mouth, phlegm in the mouth that feels like glue, wasting and thirsting disorder, hot disease with copious sweating, cough, cough with no pleasure in eating, wheezing, difficulty breathing, asthma, chest pain, insomnia, excessive dreaming, poor memory, heat sensation in the palms, stabbing pain in the heart, seminal emission, impotence, premature ejaculation, irregular menstruation, frequent and copious urination, enuresis, yellow urine, abdominal distension, difficult defecation, damp itchy skin lesions on the inner thigh, lumbar pain, pain of the abdomen and lateral costal region, coldness of the lower limbs, numbness and pain of the legs, swelling and pain of the ankle, swelling and pain of the heel
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The point information was compiled from multiple sources including College of Complementary Medicine, Sydney Australia. Point location diagram recreated from A Manual of Acupuncture, P Deadman.