Kidney Meridian

Question 0

Channel Section, Section Pair and Section Location

Answer 0

Kidney: Jiǎo Shāo Yī (foot/leg lesser Yīn)
Heart: Shǒu Shāo Yīn (hand/arm lesser Yīn)
Location: deepest/most interior; Medial/Posterior

Question 1

Kidney in Chinese

Answer 1

Shèn

Question 2

K 1

Answer 2

Yǒng: to gush, well up, surge
Quán: a spring, ancient term for coin
Bubbling Spring
Gushing Spring
Vessel in the Center of the Sole
Stumbling Heart
Yīn Valley
Foot Shào Yīn Union
Wood Pt. 
Sedation Pt. 
Jǐng/Tsing - Well
1 of 9 points for returning Yáng
Name: Refers to how this Jǐng/Tsing - Well point gushes Qi from the foot like a spring. Yin Valley refers to the Shào Yīn channel point in a valley like depression.
Location: ON the sole of the foot, in the visible depression formed when the foot is plantar flexed, between the second and the third metatarsal bones, approximately one third of the distance from the base of the second toe to the heal.  
Yǒng Quán
Areas: Head, Mind. Sole of the foot. Entire Body.
Functions: Clears Fire. Sedates Interior Wind. Calms the Mind. Resuscitates.

Question 3

K 2

Answer 3

Rán: Burn
Gǔ: Valley, Bone
Blazing Valley
Blazing Bone
Dragon in the Abyss
Fire Pt.
Yíng - Spring, 
Name refers to Fire point, like a fire breathing Dragon in Kidney (water) meridian. Also blazing fire in the valley like location.
Location: On the medial side of the foot, in the depression inferior and slightly anterior to the navicular tuberosity on the line joining KD-1 and-KD 3.
Rán Gǔ
Areas: Kidney. Spine. Entire Body
Functions: Clears empty fire. Nourishes Kidney Yin. Benefits the genitourinary system. R

Question 4

K 3

Answer 4

Tài: Great, Big, Most
Xī: a mountain stream, ravine, cleft
Great Ravine
Earth Pt.
Yuán - Source 
Xu/Shū - Stream 
1 of 9 points for returning Yáng
Name: Great refers to the quality of the pulse on this Yuàn - Source point to measure Kidney Qi. Ravine refers to this as a water channel Xu/Shū - Stream point. 
Location: between prominence of medial malleolus and achilles tendon.
Tài Xī
Areas: Kidneys. Spine. Entire Body.
Functions: Augments Kidney Yīn and  Yáng. Tonifies Yuàn Qi. Benefits the genitourinary system. Increases fertility.

Question 5

K 4

Answer 5

Dà: Great, Large
Zhōng: Goblet, Cup, Bell, to gather
Great Goblet
Large Bell
Luò - Connecting/Network Pt. to BL-64 Jīng Gǔ Capitol Bone
Name: Refers to storing ability of this point for water for both Kidney and Bladder. Heal bone is shaped like a Bell.
Location: In small depression approximately 0.5 cun distal and posterior to Kd-3, at the anterior border of the Achilles tendon.
Dà Zhōng
Areas: Mind. Kidneys. Lungs.
Functions: Reinforces the Kidneys. Strengthens Willpower. Harmonizes the Kidney and Lung.

Question 6

K 5

Answer 6

Shǔi: Water
Quán: Spring
Water Spring
Xī/Hsi - Cleft
Name: refers to how this Xī/Hsi - Cleft on the Kidney channel is where water Qi collects deep like a spring.
Location: 0.5 cun inferior to Kd-4, in the depression anterior and superior to the insertion of the Achilles tendon and the calcaneal tuberosity. Locate with the foot at a right angle.
Shǔi Quán
Areas: Lower Jiao. Gynecological and urinary system. Eyes.
Functions: Dispels Blood stasis. Nourishes Blood. Regulates the Ren and Chong Mai.

Question 7

K 7

Answer 7

Fù: to recover, to turn around
Liū: to slide, glide, flow, smooth; a swift current
Returning Flow
Recover Flow
Deep Lying White
Metal Pt.
Tonification Pt.
Jīng - River
Name: Refers to how the Kidney flow returns to a strait path after it’s loop behind the medial maleolus with KD-3 through KD-6. Recovery of Kidney Qi comes from this point after KD-6 where it is shared with the Yin Qiao Mai.
This point helps return the flow of sweat. Deep Lying White refers to the white color of metal element on the Kidney Channel.
Location: 2 cun proximal from KD-3, in the depression anterior to the border of the Achilles tendon and inferior to the soleus muscle.
Fù Liū
Areas: Water Passages
Functions: Regulates sweat and urination. Reduces swelling. Tonifies Kidney Yáng.

Question 8

K 10

Answer 8

Yīn: component of Yáng
Gǔ: Valley
Yin Valley
Water Pt.
Horary Pt.
Hé/Sea - Uniting
Name: Refers to Shào Yīn channel valley on Yīn (inner) side of knee.
Location: at medial end of the popliteal crease between the tendonof semitendinosus and the lower end of the semimembranosus muscle. Located when the knee is flexed.
Yīn Gǔ
Areas: Lower Jiao. Genitourinary system.
Functions: Nourishes Yīn and cools lower Jiao Heat. Transforms dampness.