Intersecting point of thoroughfare vessel and foot shaoyin.

bubble_chart Etymology

"Da" (大), big; "he" (赫), strong or vigorous. The point is located in lower abdomen, where yin energy is abundant.

bubble_chart Location

Dahe (KI12) acupoint
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

In lower abdomen, 4 cun below the umbilicus (Zhongji (CV3)) and 0.5 cun lateral to the midline.

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "One cun below Qixue (KI13)";
• Xunjing Kaoxue Bian : "Level with Zhongji (CV3)".

bubble_chart Anatomy

• Muscles: aponeurosis of internal and external oblique muscles, aponeurosis of transversus abdominis muscle, and rectus abdominis muscle. (Deep layer: small intestine).
• Nerve: Twelfth intercostal nerve and subcostal nerve.
• Vessels: muscular branches of inferior epigastric artery and vein.

bubble_chart Manipulation

Perpendicular insertion is 0.5 to 1.5 cun. Avoid deep insertion the bladder is full. Moxibustion with moxa cone 3 to 5 times, moxibustion with moxa stick for 10 to 15 minutes.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Regulate lower jiao, disinhibit water, replenish kidney.

• Classical: deficiency fatigue with seminal loss, retraction of genitals, penis pain, leukorrhea, acute lower abdominal distension and pain, kidney qi rushing upward to heart.
• Modern: dysmenorrheal, dysfunctional uterine bleeding, sterility, ovulation induction.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Flaccidity and cold extremities: Dahe (KI12), Zhongfeng (LR4).
• Seminal emission with genital retraction: Dahe (KI12), Rangu (KI2).