KI-4 Dazhong - Great Bell
More Spirit Names: Large Goblet, Great Goblet, Great Cup
| 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
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Combinations
| HT-9 | PC-4 | HT-5 |
Heat in the mouth | Fright Fear of people Spirit Qi insufficient | Weary speech Somnolence |
KI-3 | KI-18 Or UB-33 | |
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.
- Kidney Luo vessel: Starts at KI-4 behind the medial malleolus. Circles the heel and goes inside to link with the UB channel. Symptoms of the Kidney Luo: Urinary retention, lumbago, mental restlessness and a stifling sensation in the chest.
Five Elements Spirit Perspective
| Spirit of the Point | Zhong is a metal container holding something, and the bell that holds the potency of sound; Da is large or great. It is often translated as Great Goblet. The Great Bell rings like an alarm point: it turns tender when something is wrong, and this point is how you answer the patient's call of distress. It lifts the spirits. When a person stays at home and makes no connections, it lets them to move outward. Think of the clarity of a bell versus muckiness. It can act like a sledgehammer, knocking down walls the patient has built for themselves, and it brings clarity and a call to unity. A vessel of resonance: once cleared of clutter it rings out crystal clear. When the water is calm and clear, it reflects one's true self and reality accurately. It can bring inner quiet, rest and recharging, and may lead a person into a deep, dark meditative place. |
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| Worsley | Pools our core identity.
Location: On the inner ankle, over the posterior tibial artery, behind the medial malleolus prominence and 1 ACI below KI-3. |
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From Class
- KI-4 Dazhong: Bled at the luo point where veins are occluded near the inner ankle, for anemia with heat in the blood. (Yuen)
- KI-4 Dazhong (Great Bell): Rings through the spirit when heartbreak, fear or neglect made us forget who we are — 'wake up'; Heart, Lungs and Kidneys speak again. (Lewis)
- PC-6 Neiguan: Luo point used going from liver to heart, in heat-in-blood anemia. (Yuen)
- LV-5 Ligou: Luo point bled for heat damaging liver blood in anemia. (Yuen)
- Diaphragm stasis: Ren-14 + Ren-4 dispersed, LI-6 bled; or SP-17 + KI-4 bled: For CHF/exertional breathlessness (lung qi failing to move blood); LI is yang of the lungs controlling the diaphragm; broken vessels at KI-4 mean jing-level stasis. (Gioioso)