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POINT: KI-4 (KIDNEY-4)  

NAME: DAZHONG

English: Great Bell
Also Known As: Great Cup
Big Bell Clock
Big Goblet
Big Bell
Large Bell

LOCATION:

  • Posterior and inferior to the medial malleolus, in the depressionanterior to the medial side of the attachment of the achilles tendon.
  • 0.5 cun below and slightly posterior to KI-3 Taixi, between the medial margin of the calcaneus tendon and the calcaneus bone.
  • 0.5 cun directly inferior to KI-3 Taixi, on the medial bordewr of the tendocalcaneus.
  • Approximately 0.5 cun posterior to the midpoint of the line drawn between KI-3 Taixi and KI-5 Shuiquan on the anterior border of the Achilles tendon.
    Note: first locate KI-5 Shuiquan, 1 cun directly inferior to KI-3 Taixi, then locate KI-4 Dazhong halfway between and 0.5 cun posterior between these two points.

NEEDLING:

  • Puncture perpendicularly, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.
  • Slanted insertion, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

  • Luo-Connecting point

ACTIONS:

  • Straightens the back
  • Lifts the spirit
  • Reinforces the Kidneys
  • Anchors the Qi
  • Benefits the Lungs
  • Strengthens the Will
  • Dispels fear

INDICATIONS:

  • Spitting Blood
  • Asthma
  • Stiffness and pain of the lower back
  • Constipation
  • Heel pain
  • Dementia and swelling
  • Blurred vision
  • Myopia
  • Hazy vision
  • Lack of mental and physical stability
  • Very heavy depression before the period
  • Anxiety
  • Desperate fear
  • Frustration
  • Hostility
  • Malaria
  • Neurasthenia
  • Hysteria
  • Soreness in the pharynx
  • Mania
  • Hysteria with sudden laughing and crying
  • Disorientation and depression
  • Aversion to Cold
  • Hemoptysis
  • Wheezing
  • Rattling sound in the throat
  • Shortness of breath
  • Distention and oppression of the chest and abdomen
  • Mental retardation
  • Fear and unhappiness
  • Desore to close the door and remain at home
  • Malaria with much Cold and little Heat
  • Vomiting
  • Oppression of the chest
  • Suffocation
  • Swelling
  • Pain of the vertebral column and lumbar region
  • Dyspnea
  • Stiffness in the back
  • Hypersomnia
  • Heat sensation of the mouth
  • Dysphagia
  • Loss of desire to see other people
  • Dry tongue
  • Shivering
  • Fright
  • Cough
  • Nervousness
  • Urinary retention
  • Chronic fatigue
  • Hemoptysis
  • Dry mouth
  • Abdominal distention
  • Dysuria
  • Painful defecation
  • Painful throat with difficulty swalling
  • Palpitations
  • Agitation of the Heart with fullness and vomiting
  • Agitation
  • Propensity to anger
  • Fright
  • Constipation with a distended abdomen
  • Difficult urination
  • Dribbling urine
  • Irregular menstruation

COMBINATIONS:

HT-9
Shaochong

PC-4
Ximen

HT-5
Tongli

Heat in the mouth

Fright

Fear of people

Spirit Qi insufficient

Weary speech

Somnolence

KI-3
Taixi
LI-13
Shouwuli
KI-6
Zhaohai
LI-2
Erjian

KI-3
Taixi

KI-18
Shiguan

or

UB-33
Zhongliao
REN-4
Guanyuan
UB-56
Chengjin
LIV-3
Taichong
UB-57
Chengshan
KI-3
Taixi
REN-12
Zhongwan

Somnolence

Agitation of the Heart with fullness and vomiting

Difficulty defecating

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

  • This point is forbidden after the second month of pregnancy.

NOTES:

  • This is called the "smiling sympathy" point.
  • It is important for sight.
  • This point helps relieve the psychological blockage of someone who does not want to see.
  • This point regulates and reinforces the relationship between the Kidneys and the Lungs.
  • It has a strong effect on stabilizing the emotions.