Ambition, the place where the mind is stored (Lingshu-Benshen); room, the place of residence. Lingshu-Benshen: "kidney storing essence, Jingshe Zhi", the point is next to Shenshu (BL23), hence the name. Also known as Jing Palace (Yixue Rumen), it has a similar meaning.

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Zhishi (BL52) acupoint
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

Three cun below the spinous process of the second lumbar vertebra (Mingmen (GV4)), and Shenshu (BL23) and The lower ends of the rib arches are level.

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "In the area where there is a three-cun depression on each side of the fourteenth vertebrae."

bubble_chart Anatomy

• Muscles: latissimus dorsi, iliocostalis (the deep part is the kidney).
• Nerves: lateral branch of the posterior branch of the twelfth thoracic nerve, lateral branch of the posterior branch of the first lumbar nerve.
• Vessels: Second lumbar artery and dorsal branch of vein.

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Perpendicular insertion or oblique insertion 0.5-0.8 cun to the side of the spine, not too deep. When treating lumpago or nephroptosis, transverse insertion 2-3 cun in the direction of Shenshu (BL23) can be performed. Moxibustion with moxa cone 5~7 rounds, moxibustion with moxa stick for 10~15 minutes.

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Benefit the kidneys and strengthen the waist.

• Classical: Lumbago, strong spine, fullness of both flanks, tightness in the lower abdomen, leaking urine, seminal emission, swelling and pain in the vulva, impotence, and edema.
• Modern: nephroptosis, renal colic, nephritis, prostatitis, scrotal eczema, lower limb paralysis, lumbar muscle strain.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Dream leakage: Zhishi (BL52), Sanyinjiao (SP6).
• Nephroptosis: Pangguangshu (BL28), Zhishi (BL52), Taixi (KI3).
• Renal colic: Shenshu (BL23), Zhishi (BL52), Sanyinjiao (SP6).
• Waist soft tissue injury: Zhishi (BL52), Guanyuanshu (BL26), Yinmen (BL37).