ACUPUNCTURE
Shi Quan: TCM Acupoint Guide
SHIQUAN
Name
Shi Quan (Shiquan)
Location
1 cun inferior to KI-3 Taixi, in a depression anterior and superior to the calcaneal tuberosity (the site of insertion of the Achilles tendon into the calcaneus).
Needling
- Puncture perpendicularly, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
- Oblique-perpendicular insertion directed away from the bone, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
- Slanted insertion, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
Command Functions
- Xi-cleft (accumulation) point
Actions
- Benefits urination
- Promotes blood circulation
- Stops abdominal pain
- Regulates the uterus
- Regulates the Chong and REN channels
- Benefits menstruation
Indications
- Amenorrhea
- Irregular menstruation
- Dysmenorrhea
- Uterine prolapse
- Dysuria
- Blurred vision
- Enuresis
- Bladder spasms
- Colic
- Lupus
- Lower jiao wasting and thirsting
- Frequent urination
- Menorrhagia
- Cloudy vision
- Short sightedness
- Abdominal pain
- Myopia
- Rigidity of the spine
- Low back pain
- Bone marrow problems
- Fear
- Depression
- Agoraphobia
- Vision problems
- Epigastric pain
- Acute cystitis
- Acute urethritis
- Periumbilical pain
- Delayed menstruation with oppression and pain below the heart
- Dribbling urination
Notes
This point can be used for any abnormalities of the spine. It will revitalize bones.
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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