Meridians II: Kidney

Question 1

What is the full name of the Kidney channel?

Answer 1

The Kidney Meridian of the Foot Shaoyin

Question 2

Where does the Kidney channel begin?

Answer 2

Begins at the inferior aspect of the small toe

Question 3

Where does the Kidney channel end?

Answer 3

Ends at the root of the tongue

Question 4

Which channel is paired with the Kidney channel as the Shao Yin channel?

Answer 4

The Heart Meridian of the Hand Shao Yin

Question 5

On the lower leg, what is the proportional measurement from the tip of the medial malleoulus to the lower border of the condyle of the tibia?

Answer 5

13 cun

Question 6

How many cun is it from the upper border of the symphisis pubis to the umbilicus?

Answer 6

5 cun

Question 7

Which two points are 2 cun above KD-3 (Tai Xi)?

Answer 7

KD-7 and KD-8

Question 8

KD-1

Name:

Answer 8

Yong Quan / Gushing Spirit, Bubbling Well

Question 9

KD-2

Name:

Answer 9

Ran Gu / Blazing Valley

Question 10

KD-3

Name:

Answer 10

Tai Xi / Great Ravine

Question 11

KD-10

Name:

Answer 11

Yin Gu / Yin Valley

Question 12

KD-27

Name:

Answer 12

Shu Fu / Shu Mansion

Question 13

KD-1

Location:

Answer 13

On the sole, in the depression when the foot is in the plantar flexion, approximately at the junction of the anterior one-third and posterior two-thirds on the line connecting the base of the 2nd and 3rd toes to the heel

Question 14

KD-2

Location:

Answer 14

Anterior and inferior to the medial malleolus, in the depression on the lower border of the tuberosity of the navicular bone

Question 15

KD-3

Location:

Answer 15

In the depression between the tip of the medial malleolus and the Achilles’ tendon

Question 16

KD-4

Location:

Answer 16

Posterior and inferior to the medial malleolus, in the depression anterior to the medial side of the attachment of the Achilles’ tendon

Question 17

KD-5

Location:

Answer 17

1 cun directly below KD-3, in the depression of the medial side of the tuberosity of the calcaneum

Question 18

KD-6

Location:

Answer 18

In the depression below the tip of the medial malleolus

Question 19

KD-7

Location:

Answer 19

2 cun directly above KD-3 on the anterior border of the Achilles’ tendon

Question 20

KD-8

Location:

Answer 20

0.5 cun anterior to KD-7, 2 cun above KD-3, posterior to the medial border of the tibia

Question 21

KD-9

Location:

Answer 21

0.5 cun directly above KD-3, at the lower end of the belly of gastrocnemius, on the line drawn from KD-3 to KD-10

Question 22

KD-10

Location:

Answer 22

When the knee is flexed, the point is on the medial side of the popliteal fossa, between the tendons of semitendinosus and semimembranosus, at the level of UB-40

Question 23

KD-11

Location:

Answer 23

5 cun below the umbilicus, on the superior border of the pubic symphysis, 0.5 cun lateral to the midline (at the level of Ren-2)

Question 24

KD-12

Location:

Answer 24

4 cun below the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to the midline (at the level of Ren-3)

Question 25

KD-13

Location:

Answer 25

3 cun below the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to the midline (at the level of Ren-4)

Question 26

KD-14

Location:

Answer 26

2 cun below the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to the midline (at the level of Ren-5)

Question 27

KD-15

Location:

Answer 27

1 cun below the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to the midline (at the level of Ren-7)

Question 28

KD-16

Location:

Answer 28

0.5 cun lateral to the umbilicus, level with Ren-8

Question 29

KD-17

Location:

Answer 29

2 cun above the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to the midline (at the level of Ren-10)

Question 30

KD-18

Location:

Answer 30

3 cun above the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to the midline (at the level of Ren-11)

Question 31

KD-19

Location:

Answer 31

4 cun above the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to the midline (at the level of Ren-12)

Question 32

KD-20

Location:

Answer 32

5 cun above the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to the midline (at the level of Ren-13)

Question 33

KD-21

Location:

Answer 33

6 cun above the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to the midline (at the level of Ren-14)

Question 34

KD-22

Location:

Answer 34

In the fifth intercostal space, 2 cun lateral to the midline

Question 35

KD-23

Location:

Answer 35

In the fourth intercostal space, 2 cun lateral to the midline

Question 36

KD-24

Location:

Answer 36

In the third intercostal space, 2 cun lateral to the anterior midline

Question 37

KD-25

Location:

Answer 37

In the second intercostal space, 2 cun lateral to the anterior midline

Question 38

KD-26

Location:

Answer 38

In the first intercostal space, 2 cun lateral to the anterior midline

Question 39

KD-27

Location:

Answer 39

In the depression on the lower border of the clavicle, 2 cun lateral to the anterior midline

Question 40

What is the distance from the acromion to the suprasternal notch?

Answer 40

8 cun

Question 41

Where does the apex of the heart typically lay?

Answer 41

At the fifth intercostal space