KI-25 - Spirit Storehouse

神藏 - Shén cáng

Point Region: Chest

KI

Kidney Meridian

足少阴肾经 - Zú Shàoyīn Shèn Jīng

Location & How to Find

Anatomical Location: On the front of the chest, in the second space between the ribs, 2 cun out from the midline.

Distances are in cun, a unit that scales with each person's body. As a guide, the width of your thumb at its joint is 1 cun, and your four fingers held together, measured across the middle joints, are 3 cun.

How to Locate:

  1. Find the second rib: it joins the breastbone at the small ridge across it below the collarbones (the sternal angle). The second rib space is just below that rib
  2. Move two thumb-widths out from the midline of the breastbone
  3. The point is in the rib space there
KI-25 (Spirit Storehouse) acupressure point location: On the front of the chest, in the second space between the ribs, 2 cun out from the midline.

How to Apply Pressure

Once KI-25 is located, make only gentle surface contact and avoid pressing between the ribs. Do not use it after chest surgery or with severe heart disease; acute cardiac symptoms require emergency medical attention.

Traditional Indications

In TCM, this point is traditionally used for:

  • Palpitations
  • Cough
  • Respiratory problems
  • Anxiety

Related Health Concerns

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Important Precautions

Avoid this point with:

  • Severe heart disease
  • Recent chest surgery
  • Acute cardiac events