UB 23 UB23 Kidney Shu Shen Shu 腎俞 urinary bladder 23 Urinary Bladder 23 ub23
Back to meridian Jump to point Jump to point… UB 1 — Bright Eyes UB 2 — Bamboo Gathering UB 3 — Eyebrow Ascension UB 4 — Deviating Turn UB 5 — Fifth Place UB 6 — Light Guard UB 7 — Celestial Connection UB 8 — Declining Connection UB 9 — Jade Pillow UB 10 — Celestial Pillar UB 11 — Great Shuttle UB 12 — Wind Gate UB 13 — Lung Shu UB 14 — Jue Yin Shu (Pericardium Shu) UB 15 — Heart Shu UB 16 — Governing Shu UB 17 — Diaphragm Shu UB 18 — Liver Shu UB 19 — Gallbladder Shu UB 20 — Spleen Shu UB 21 — Stomach Shu UB 22 — Triple Burner Shu UB 23 — Kidney Shu UB 24 — Sea of Qi Shu UB 25 — Large Intestine Shu UB 26 — Origin Pass Shu UB 27 — Small Intestine Shu UB 28 — Bladder Shu UB 29 — Central Backbone Shu UB 30 — White Ring Shu UB 31 — Upper Bone Hole UB 32 — Second Bone Hole UB 33 — Central Bone Hole UB 34 — Lower Bone Hole UB 35 — Meeting of Yang UB 36 — Support UB 37 — Gate of Abundance UB 38 — Superficial Cleft UB 39 — Bend Yang UB 40 — Bend Middle UB 41 — Attached Branch UB 42 — Po Door UB 43 — Above The Diaphragm Shu UB 44 — Spirit Hall UB 45 — Yi Xi UB 46 — Diaphragm Pass UB 47 — Hun Gate UB 48 — Yang Headrope UB 49 — Reflection Abode UB 50 — Stomach Granary UB 51 — Huang Gate UB 52 — Will Chamber UB 53 — Bladder Huang UB 54 — Sequential Limit UB 55 — Yang Union UB 56 — Sinew Support UB 57 — Mountain Support UB 58 — Taking Flight UB 59 — Instep Yang UB 60 — Kunlun Mountains UB 61 — Subservient Visitor UB 62 — Extending Vessel UB 63 — Metal Gate UB 64 — Capital Bone UB 65 — Bundle Bone UB 66 — Valley Passage UB 67 — Reaching Yin
UB 23 UB23
UB 23 UB23
UB 23 Kidney Shu - Shen Shu - 腎俞 Location 1.5 cun lateral to
GV 4 , level with L2.
Actions For all Kidney system related issues from a Chinese Medicine perspective which effect the brain, bone, hair, teeth a/or hearing.
Male deficiency related sexual problems: impotence, premature ejaculation, spermatorrhea, sterility, exhaustion following ejaculation.
Female sexual and reproductive disorders: irregular cycles, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, cold uterus, frigidity, infertility, leukorrhea.
Tonification point in deficiency conditions: exhaustion, weakness, chronic fatique, good point for the elderly as Kidney Jing is naturally depleted.
Main point for acute or chronic low back pain, sprains a/or strains.
Useful for KD related ear issues: tinnitus, deafness, chronic ear infections.
Useful for dampness issues and water metabolism issues - edema, fluid retentions in the lower abdomen.
As the kidney system provides the root of the bodies energy many psychological conditions will respond well to tonification of this point as well - depression, anxiety disorders.
Back to meridian Jump to point Jump to point… UB 1 — Bright Eyes UB 2 — Bamboo Gathering UB 3 — Eyebrow Ascension UB 4 — Deviating Turn UB 5 — Fifth Place UB 6 — Light Guard UB 7 — Celestial Connection UB 8 — Declining Connection UB 9 — Jade Pillow UB 10 — Celestial Pillar UB 11 — Great Shuttle UB 12 — Wind Gate UB 13 — Lung Shu UB 14 — Jue Yin Shu (Pericardium Shu) UB 15 — Heart Shu UB 16 — Governing Shu UB 17 — Diaphragm Shu UB 18 — Liver Shu UB 19 — Gallbladder Shu UB 20 — Spleen Shu UB 21 — Stomach Shu UB 22 — Triple Burner Shu UB 23 — Kidney Shu UB 24 — Sea of Qi Shu UB 25 — Large Intestine Shu UB 26 — Origin Pass Shu UB 27 — Small Intestine Shu UB 28 — Bladder Shu UB 29 — Central Backbone Shu UB 30 — White Ring Shu UB 31 — Upper Bone Hole UB 32 — Second Bone Hole UB 33 — Central Bone Hole UB 34 — Lower Bone Hole UB 35 — Meeting of Yang UB 36 — Support UB 37 — Gate of Abundance UB 38 — Superficial Cleft UB 39 — Bend Yang UB 40 — Bend Middle UB 41 — Attached Branch UB 42 — Po Door UB 43 — Above The Diaphragm Shu UB 44 — Spirit Hall UB 45 — Yi Xi UB 46 — Diaphragm Pass UB 47 — Hun Gate UB 48 — Yang Headrope UB 49 — Reflection Abode UB 50 — Stomach Granary UB 51 — Huang Gate UB 52 — Will Chamber UB 53 — Bladder Huang UB 54 — Sequential Limit UB 55 — Yang Union UB 56 — Sinew Support UB 57 — Mountain Support UB 58 — Taking Flight UB 59 — Instep Yang UB 60 — Kunlun Mountains UB 61 — Subservient Visitor UB 62 — Extending Vessel UB 63 — Metal Gate UB 64 — Capital Bone UB 65 — Bundle Bone UB 66 — Valley Passage UB 67 — Reaching Yin
