crossing point: foot taiyin, the meeting of Yin dimension.

[Origin]

Horizontally next to the navel, in the Daheng (SP15) pattern, hence the name.

[Location]

Daheng (SP15) acupoint
(quoted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "Three inches below Fu'ai (SP16), directly by the navel" ;
• Leijing Tuyi: "Take three and a half inches of Fu'ai (SP16), level the navel, and remove three and a half inches of middle line";
• Zhenfang Liuji: "Straight horizontally in the middle of the navel Daheng (SP15) pattern, straight up on both breasts, four inches on each side of the conception vessel (CV)."
• Zhenjiu Zishengjing: "The length of the abdominal midline should be four and a half inches each"; there are differences in the distance from the front midline as described by various schools, so we will follow Zhenfang Liuji.

[Anatomy]

• Muscles: external oblique, internal oblique, transversus abdominis.
• Nerve: Tenth intercostal nerve.
• Vessels: intercostal arteries and veins.

[Manipulation]

Perpendicular insertion or oblique insertion 0.5～1.5 inches. Can be used for moxibustion.

[Efficacy]

warming the middle, regulating the intestines.

• Classical: strong wind and adverse qi, excessive cold, sadness, fear, palpitations and lack of strength, diarrhea, through-flux diarrhea, constipation, cold pain in the lower abdomen, the middle jiao deficiency and cold , unable to move limbs, hot in lower abdomen, too tired to walk.
• Modern: Biliary ascariasis, intestinal ascariasis, intestinal paralysis.

[Recipe]

• Intestinal ascariasis: Daheng (SP15), Sifeng (EX-UE10) or Zusanli (ST36).
• Abdominal pain, through-flux diarrhea: Daheng (SP15), Tianshu (ST25), Zhongwan (CV12), Guanyuan (CV4), Zusanli (ST36), Sanyinjiao (SP6).