Shènshū BL23 — kidney shu
lumbar kidney region
Shènshū is a Bladder-channel back-shu point beside the second lumbar vertebra and is a classic warming target in kidney-yang moxa protocols. The front-view projection is editorial because the canonical location is posterior.
Point 7 of 10 in Moxibustion Key Points — Mugwort Fire
Cross-tradition overlaps
No overlapping points are registered for this point.
Sources
Huangdi Neijing · Lingshu (primary_canonical)
Ch. 75 (Jiu zhen shi er yuan) discusses cautery and needling indications; the wider Lingshu corpus is the canonical medical context for point therapy, while exact modern moxa point sets vary.
Moxibustion: The Power of Mugwort Fire (secondary)
Japanese moxibustion manuals describe practical moxa placement, warming methods, and point selection; used for technique context.