Taixi (KI3)
Medial ankle — Kidney channel point, right representative
Taixi is KI3 between the medial malleolus and Achilles tendon, shown as a right ankle representative beside Kunlun's lateral-ankle locus. Its Kidney and jing tags are TCM correspondences cross-referenced to wuxing_five_zang; they should not be read as anatomical claims about a renal structure at the ankle.
Point 14 of 14 in Dim Mak — Dian Xue (点穴) vital-point striking
Cross-tradition overlaps
No overlapping points are registered for this point.
Sources
Dianxue / shixue passages in classical quan pu (primary_canonical)
Ming–Qing dianxue/shixue quan pu, in heterogeneous point-striking passages concerning ki3 taixi, preserves a martial vulnerability vocabulary and lineage claim; contested attribution means it is not a single canonical chart or a clinically validated effect.
Huangdi Neijing · Lingshu (primary_canonical)
Lingshu ch. 10 (Jing mai) gives the Kidney-channel ankle course at Taixi (KI3); the modern alphanumeric point identity and dianxue application are later nomenclatures, so this passage supports channel topography rather than a martial effect.
P. Deadman, A Manual of Acupuncture (secondary)