Base de connaissancesPoints d’acupuncture
KI-4
Dazhong
Great Bell
Autres nomsGreat Cup · Big Bell Clock · Big Goblet · Big Bell · Large Bell
- Méridien
- Rein
- Classification
- Luo-Communication
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Localisation
- 01Below and behind the medial malleolus, in the depression in front of the medial side of the Achilles tendon's attachment.
- 020.5 cun inferior and slightly posterior to KI-3 Taixi, between the medial edge of the calcaneal tendon and the calcaneus.
- 030.5 cun directly below KI-3 Taixi, on the medial border of the tendocalcaneus.
- 04Roughly 0.5 cun posterior to the midpoint of a line joining KI-3 Taixi and KI-5 Shuiquan, on the Achilles tendon's anterior border. Note: locate KI-5 Shuiquan first, 1 cun directly below KI-3 Taixi, then find KI-4 Dazhong midway between the two, 0.5 cun posterior to that line.
Puncture
- 01Insert perpendicularly, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
- 02Moxibustion may be used.
- 03Insert at a slant, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
Fonctions du point
Luo-Connecting point
Actions
- Straightens the back
- Lifts the spirit
- Reinforces the Kidneys
- Anchors Qi
- Benefits the Lungs
- Strengthens the Will
- Dispels fear
Indications
- Spitting Blood
- Asthma
- Stiffness and pain in the lower back
- Constipation
- Heel pain
- Dementia with swelling
- Blurred vision
- Myopia
- Hazy vision
- Instability, both mental and physical
- Severe depression prior to menstruation
- Anxiety
- Desperate fear
- Frustration
- Hostility
- Malaria
- Neurasthenia
- Hysteria
- Pharyngeal soreness
- Mania
- Hysteria marked by sudden laughing and crying
- Disorientation with depression
- Aversion to Cold
- Hemoptysis
- Wheezing
- A rattling sound in the throat
- Shortness of breath
- Distention and oppression across the chest and abdomen
- Mental retardation
- Fear combined with unhappiness
- A desire to shut the door and stay indoors
- Malarial disorder with predominant Cold and little Heat
- Vomiting
- Oppression of the chest
- Suffocation
- Swelling
- Pain along the spine and lower back
- Dyspnea
- Stiffness in the back
- Hypersomnia
- A heat sensation in the mouth
- Dysphagia
- No wish to see other people
- Dry tongue
- Shivering
- Fright
- Cough
- Nervousness
- Urinary retention
- Chronic fatigue
- Hemoptysis
- Dry mouth
- Abdominal distention
- Dysuria
- Painful defecation
- Sore throat with difficulty swallowing
- Palpitations
- Heart agitation with fullness and vomiting
- Agitation
- A tendency to anger
- Fright
- Constipation accompanied by abdominal distention
- Difficult urination
- Dribbling urine
- Irregular menstruation
Précautions
This point is contraindicated after the second month of pregnancy.
Associations
Notes
- This point is known as the "smiling sympathy" point.
- It plays an important role in vision.
- This point can relieve the psychological block of someone unwilling to see.
- This point regulates and strengthens the relationship between the Kidneys and Lungs.
- It has a marked stabilizing effect on the emotions.