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KI-4

Dazhong

Great Bell

Also known asGreat Cup · Big Bell Clock · Big Goblet · Big Bell · Large Bell

Channel
Kidney
Classification
Luo-Connecting

Location

  1. 01Below and behind the medial malleolus, in the depression in front of the medial side of the Achilles tendon's attachment.
  2. 020.5 cun inferior and slightly posterior to KI-3 Taixi, between the medial edge of the calcaneal tendon and the calcaneus.
  3. 030.5 cun directly below KI-3 Taixi, on the medial border of the tendocalcaneus.
  4. 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.

Needling

  1. 01Insert perpendicularly, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
  2. 02Moxibustion may be used.
  3. 03Insert at a slant, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.

Point functions

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

Cautions

This point is contraindicated after the second month of pregnancy.

Combinations

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.

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