KI13 (Qixue, “Qi Hole”) is an acupuncture point on the Kidney Channel Meridian. It is located on the lower abdomen, 3 cun below the umbilicus and 0.5 cun lateral to the anterior midline (at the level of Guanyuan, REN4). It regulates the Chong and Ren Mai, warms the Lower Jiao, tonifies Kidney Qi, regulates menstruation, and benefits the uterus.
On the lower abdomen, 3 cun below the umbilicus and 0.5 cun lateral to the anterior midline (at the level of Guanyuan, REN4).
Perpendicular insertion 1.0 to 1.5 cun.
Regulates the Chong and Ren Mai, warms the Lower Jiao, tonifies Kidney Qi, regulates menstruation, and benefits the uterus.
Irregular menstruation, infertility, abdominal pain, diarrhea, pain in the genitals, eye pain starting from the inner canthus, uterine bleeding.
Qixue is a crucial point for gynecological and reproductive disorders due to its location and its role as a meeting point with the Chong Mai. It is frequently used for conditions like infertility, irregular menstruation, and dysmenorrhea, often in combination with other points on the Ren Mai and Kidney channel. Its action extends to treating lower abdominal pain and diarrhea by warming and regulating the Qi of the lower jiao.
Classical text; the translation was prepared with AI and is not clinical advice.
《備急千金要方》 Bèijí Qiānjīn Yàofāng — Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold for Emergencies, c. 650 · 第三十 · Source: Wikisource ↗
月事不通，奔泄氣上下引腰脊痛，刺氣穴，入一寸，灸五壯，在四滿下一寸The text records that KI13 was needled 1 cun deep and moxibusted with 5 cones for absent menses and running-piglet-like qi rushing up and down with pain drawing into the lumbar spine; it lies 1 cun below Siman.
《針灸甲乙經》 Zhēnjiǔ Jiǎyǐ Jīng — Systematic Classic of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, c. 256–282 · 卷03 · Source: Wikisource ↗
氣穴，一名胞門，一名子戶，在四滿下一寸，衝脈、足少陰之會，刺入一寸，灸五壯According to this text, KI13 (also called Baomen or Zihu) lies 1 cun below Siman, at the meeting of the Chong vessel and foot shaoyin; needle 1 cun, 5 moxa cones.
《神灸經綸》 Shénjiǔ Jīnglún — Principles of Divine Moxibustion, Wu Yiding, 1851 · 卷之二 · 十二經脈起止 · 腎經二十七穴分寸 · Source: jicheng.tw ↗
氣穴（一名胞門一名子戶）從大赫上行一寸去中行五分灸五壯According to this text, KI13 lies 1 cun above Dahe and 0.5 cun from the midline, and is moxibusted with 5 cones.
《針灸大成》 Zhēnjiǔ Dàchéng — Great Compendium of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, 1601 · 卷八 · Source: Wikisource ↗
主賁豚氣上下，引腰脊痛，泄利不止， 目赤痛，從內眥始，婦人月事不調The text records that KI13 was used for running-piglet qi moving up and down with pain drawing into the lumbar spine, unceasing diarrhoea, red painful eyes starting at the inner canthus, and irregular menses.
KI13 is one of 27 points on the Kidney Channel Meridian. Nearby points:
KI13 (Qixue) is located on the lower abdomen, 3 cun below the umbilicus and 0.5 cun lateral to the anterior midline (at the level of Guanyuan, REN4).
KI13 regulates the Chong and Ren Mai, warms the Lower Jiao, tonifies Kidney Qi, regulates menstruation, and benefits the uterus. Common clinical indications include irregular menstruation, infertility, abdominal pain, diarrhea, pain in the genitals, eye pain starting from the inner canthus, uterine bleeding.
Perpendicular insertion 1.0 to 1.5 cun.
KI13 is a point on the Kidney Channel Meridian (Zú Shàoyīn Shènjīng).