KD 9 - Acupuncture Point - Zhubin | Chinese Medicine Theory

Names Of Zhubin

KD 9 Acupuncture Point

English Name: Guest House
Pinyin Name: Zhubin
Chinese Character: 築賓

Meridian Information

Where Is KD 9 ?

KD 9 Location

5 cun above KI 3 on the line drawn from KI 3 to KI 10 at the lower end of the belly of the gastrocnemius muscle.
For point location tips, read our meridian notes; unsure about "cun" measurements, read what is a cun?.

All Locations

What Is KD 9 Used For?

KD 9 Clinical Usages

Strong spirit disorders - anger, cursing, mania.
Deficient yang, cold, in the abdomen - shan disorder, hernia, pain a/or retraction of the scrotum.
Useful in a detox prescription to assist the cleansing, especially with respect to emotional outbreaks

All Functions

There Are 27 Points Along The (KD) Kidney Meridian ...

KD 1 KD 2 KD 3 KD 4 KD 5 KD 6 KD 7 KD 8 KD 9 KD 10 KD 11 KD 12 KD 13 KD 14 KD 15 KD 16 KD 17 KD 18 KD 19 KD 20 KD 21 KD 22 KD 23 KD 24 KD 25 KD 26 KD 27

How Is KD 9 Categorized?

KD 9 Acupuncture Point Associations

Yin Wei Xi Cleft Point

Point Categories

What Diagnostic Patterns May Use KD 9 ?

This point along with others in a proper point prescription may be used to balance the following TCM Patterns:

Shen Disturbance

For more on this, read "What Does Acupuncture Treat?" and "Point Prescription Guidelines".

TCM Patterns

What Conditions May Use KD 9 ?

This point along with others in a proper point prescription may be used to balance the following Conditions / Symptoms:

For more on this, read "What Does Acupuncture Treat?" and "Point Prescription Guidelines".

Conditions Treated

What Points Are Near KD 9 ?

LV 5 Woodworm Canal

Genital Issues, especially damp-heat related infections/discharges.

LV 5

SP 7 Leaking Valley

Local point.
Continued muscle atrophy in the presence of adequate nutrition.
Promotes urination - difficult urination.
Resolves dampness - lower body swelling, ankle, knee.

SP 7

UB 58 Taking Flight

Releases the exterior for wind/wind-cold conditions, especially useful when accompanied with neck stiffness a/or occipital headache.
As Luo Connecting Point, which connects to the KD, useful for chronic low back pain, especially with weak lower limbs and KD deficiency.
"Excess above with deficiency below," weak low back w/tight stiff neck a/or low back pain with weak lower limb.

UB 58

GB 35 Yang Intersection

Local Point.

GB 35

Where Do I Go Next?

KD 8 KD 10 (KD) Kidney Meridian Graphic (KD) Kidney Meridian Locations (KD) Kidney Meridian Functions (KD) Kidney Meridian Info All Meridians

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