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KI22 · 足少阴肾经

Bulang bù láng · 步廊

Location. On the chest, in the fifth intercostal space, 2 cun lateral to the anterior median line.

Named "walking corridor"; the lowest of the six chest points, where the meridian leaves the abdomen and runs up the chest beside the sternum.

定位。胸部,第5肋间隙,前正中线旁开2寸。

名取"步廊",为胸部六穴之最下者,经脉自腹部上胸,循胸骨旁上行。

Classical record · not a treatment recommendation. Needling technique is a licensed practitioner's skill and is out of scope here.
In an intercostal space over the chest wall, with the lung beneath and the intercostal vessels and nerve along the rib above. Classical texts describe oblique or transverse needling here and warn about depth. Practitioner skill, not a self-care technique.

Other points on the Foot Shaoyin Kidney

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