bubble_chart Category The great collateral of spleen.
bubble_chart Etymology
"Da" (大), big; "bao" (包), to contain. This acupoint is the great collateral of spleen, which extends throughout chest and hypochondrium, enveloping and regulating this area, hence the name.
bubble_chart Location
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Dabao (SP21) acupoint
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")
On the lateral side of chest, at the midpoint of the line connecting the apex of axilla (
Jiquan (HT1)) and the inferior border of the free end of 11th rib (
Zhangmen (LR13)), approximately in 7th (or 6th) intercostal space, in a depression.
- Lingshu-Jingmai: "3 cun below Yuanye (GB22)";
- Zhenfang Liuji : "Directly 6 cun below axilla";
- Xunjing Kaoxue Bian : "Level with Juque (CV14), and sometimes considered level with Qimen (LR14)";
- Zhenjiu Jicheng states "Horizontally aligned with Riyue (GB24)", with slight variations in description.
bubble_chart Anatomy
- Muscles: serratus anterior, internal and external muscles of seventh intercostal space.
- Nerve: terminal branch of long thoracic nerve, seventh intercostal nerve.
- Vessels: branches of thoracodorsal artery, intercostal arteries and veins.
bubble_chart Manipulation
Insert horizontally along the intercostal space 0.3~0.5 cun, do not insert deeply. Moxibustion with moxa cone 3 ~ 5 rounds, moxibustion with moxa stick 10 ~ 15 minutes.
bubble_chart Efficacy
Soothe chest, benefit hypochondrium.
- Classical: chest and hypochondriac pain, wheezing, general body pain with all joints feeling loose.
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