KI14 (Siman, “Four Fullnesses”) is an acupuncture point on the Kidney Channel Meridian. It is located on the lower abdomen, 2 cun below the umbilicus and 0.5 cun lateral to the anterior midline (at the level of CV5 Shimen). Some sources place it 1.5 cun lateral to the midline. It regulates the Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel), warms the Lower Jiao, invigorates blood and dispels stasis, regulates menstruation, and subdues rebellious Qi.
On the lower abdomen, 2 cun below the umbilicus and 0.5 cun lateral to the anterior midline (at the level of CV5 Shimen). Some sources place it 1.5 cun lateral to the midline.
Perpendicular insertion, 1.0 to 1.5 cun.
Regulates the Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel), warms the Lower Jiao, invigorates blood and dispels stasis, regulates menstruation, and subdues rebellious Qi.
Irregular menstruation, infertility, running piglet qi (Ben Tun) rushing up and down, blood in the uterus, cold accumulation in the uterus, abdominal masses and hernias below the navel, shivering cold with severe abdominal edema (stone water), intestinal diarrhea with cutting pain, blood stasis pain, uterine bleeding, retained lochia.
KI14 is a crucial point for gynecological disorders stemming from blood stasis and cold in the uterus, such as painful periods, infertility, and abdominal masses. Its connection to the Chong Mai makes it effective for regulating menstruation and treating uterine bleeding. It is also a primary point for subduing 'Running Piglet Qi' (Ben Tun), a condition of extreme anxiety where Qi surges upward from the lower abdomen to the chest and throat.
Classical text; the translation was prepared with AI and is not clinical advice.
《扁鵲神應針灸玉龍經》 Biǎn Què Shényìng Zhēnjiǔ Yùlóng Jīng — Bian Que's Jade Dragon Classic of Divinely Responsive Acupuncture & Moxibustion, 1329 · 针灸歌 · Source: Wikisource ↗
妇人血气痛难禁，四满灸之效可许The text records that moxibustion at KI14 was considered effective for women's blood-and-qi pain that is hard to bear.
《普濟方·針灸門》 Pǔjì Fāng · Zhēnjiǔ Mén — Formulas for Universal Relief: Acupuncture & Moxibustion Section, Zhu Su, 1406 · 卷四百十五 · 針灸門 · 腹部第二行左右二十二穴 · Source: jicheng.tw ↗
四滿二穴 一名髓府。 在中注下一寸。 針三分。 灸三壯According to this text, KI14 (a bilateral point, also called Suifu) lies 1 cun below Zhongzhu; needle 0.3 cun, 3 moxa cones.
《針方六集》 Zhēnfāng Liùjí — Six Collections on Needling, Wu Kun, 1618 · 卷之五·紛署集 · 腹自幽門夾巨闕兩旁各半寸循衝脈下行至橫骨凡二十二穴第二十 · Source: jicheng.tw ↗
四滿二穴，主臍下積聚癥瘕，疝痛，腹大石水，臍下切痛，振寒，目內眥赤痛The text records that KI14 was used for accumulations and masses below the navel, hernia-like (shan) pain, a large abdomen with 'stone water', cutting pain below the navel, shivering with cold, and redness and pain at the inner canthus.
《千金翼方》 Qiānjīn Yìfāng — Supplement to the Thousand Gold Prescriptions, c. 682 · 卷26 · Source: Wikisource ↗
灸夾丹田兩邊相去各一寸名四滿，主月水不利，賁血上下並無子The text records moxibustion at KI14, 1 cun on each side of Dantian, for difficult menstrual flow, blood surging up and down, and childlessness.
KI14 is one of 27 points on the Kidney Channel Meridian. Nearby points:
KI14 (Siman) is located on the lower abdomen, 2 cun below the umbilicus and 0.5 cun lateral to the anterior midline (at the level of CV5 Shimen). Some sources place it 1.5 cun lateral to the midline.
KI14 regulates the Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel), warms the Lower Jiao, invigorates blood and dispels stasis, regulates menstruation, and subdues rebellious Qi. Common clinical indications include irregular menstruation, infertility, running piglet qi (Ben Tun) rushing up and down, blood in the uterus, cold accumulation in the uterus, abdominal masses and hernias below the navel, shivering cold with severe abdominal edema (stone water), intestinal diarrhea with cutting pain, blood stasis pain, uterine bleeding, retained lochia.
Perpendicular insertion, 1.0 to 1.5 cun.
KI14 is a point on the Kidney Channel Meridian (Zú Shàoyīn Shènjīng).