KI-16 Huangshu - Vitals Correspondence
More Spirit Names: Vitals Transporting Point
| English: | Vital's Shu |
| Also Known As: | Vital's Hollow Vital's Transporting Point |
Location
- 0.5 cun lateral to the navel.
- 0.5 cun lateral to the center of the umbilicus, level with REN-8 Shenque.
Needling
- Straight insertion 1 to 1.5 cun.
Caution: deep needling may penetrate the peritoneal cavity. - Puncture perpendicularly 0.5 to 1 cun.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
Command Functions
- Point of the Chong channel
- Crossing point of the Chong channel.
Actions
- Removes obstructions from the channel
- Tonifies the Kidneys
- Benefits the Heart
- Regulates Qi
- Alleviates pain
- Regulates and warms the Intestines
- Benefits the Huang (membranes)
Indications
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Combinations
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Contraindications
Notes
- This point is related to Gaohuang, the space between the Heart and diaphragm.
- It can be used to tonify the Kidneys and Heart and calm the Mind.
- It is used for Kidney Yin Deficiency unable to nourish the Heart.
Five Elements Spirit Perspective
| Spirit of the Point | This point reaches the vitals of body, mind and spirit, almost like an Associated Effect Point for the Water. It lies between the burner that nourishes and the eliminating burner. Look at how a Water Causative Factor (CF) is in their center: is vitality needed? Like Rich for the Vitals, it goes to the center of our being and the core of our vitality: the bare essence of us, beyond all we have accumulated. It takes off the adornments so we can see our true selves; in winter every tree looks the same and every garden is equal. |
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| Worsley | Opens a direct, immediate and free channel to the vital essences stored within us, where every aspect of life has its essence compressed into a seed of possibility. Since this phenomenal concentration of all possibilities lies dormant within us until it is accessed, we hold the full potential to realize any aspect of life, and we can rest peacefully in knowing that all is possible without struggle. Location: 1½ ACI out to the side of the umbilicus centre, on the abdomen. |
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From Class
- BL-43 Gaohuangshu / KI-16 Huangshu / BL-53 Baohuang: Gao Huang points (by name) to control spread from the jing level to blood and lymph — metastasis. (Yuen)
- KI-3 + KI-24 / KI-16: KI-3 grounds; KI-24 'soul burial ground' awakens soul and potency in the upper jiao; KI-16 treats second/third chakra repression and opens the heart.
- KI-11 / KI-16 / KI-21: Borders along the rectus abdominis by the Chong; same dilate-expand-descend format; be mindful near the pubic bone (KI-11) for patient comfort. (Yuen)
- KI-11 to KI-16 (first five units of Chong on the belly): Reflect on emotional imprints — unresolved shame, guilt, fear and grief that consumed jing and recur as pathology — bringing them into the Shen's light. (Lewis)
- KI-16 Huangshu (Vital Shu): Linked to the celestial axis and first Big Dipper star; meeting of elimination and nourishment, heaven and earth — the still point of transformation. (Lewis)
- KI-16 Huangshu — source of the Huang: The Huang source emerges at the navel; KI-16 is the shu of the Huang; Ren-15 and KI-16 can serve as yuan points for the Gao and Huang. (Rabinowitz)
- KI-16, Ren-15, BL-43 (Gaohuang): KI-16 is the root of the gaohuang, Ren-15 its source point (Worsley: a pericardium mu with Ren-17); BL-43 is the pericardium's outer point.
- Ren-8, KI-16, ST-25, GB-26 (belt — first star of the Big Dipper): In Seven Star/Nine Peaks symbolism these Dai-level waist points are the Big Dipper's first star, starting the journey to the North Star of true nature. (Lewis)
- Chakra-level point pairs: Chakra-level pairs: root Ren-1/Du-1 (survival); second Ren-4 to Ren-6, Du-4, KI-13 (sexuality); Ren-8 with ST-25, KI-16; Ren-17 with KI-23, ST-17.
- Maternal taxation: ST-36, Du-20, KI-16, Tituo: Extreme fatigue: ST-36, Du-20, KI-16 and Tituo lift and hold; Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang idea, but Sheng Ma and Chai Hu can over-dry yin-deficient patients. (Lewis)