SP15

Daheng

Star

大橫 (Dàhéng) — Great Horizontal

Spleen channel · point 15

Not yet clinically reviewed

Meeting point of the Spleen channel with the Yin Wei Mai

Traditionally used for

Digestion
Bowel health

Location

On the abdomen, 4 cun lateral to the centre of the umbilicus, level with ST25, KI16 and CV8.

How to locate: At the level of the umbilicus measure 4 cun laterally; in men the nipple line is a useful guide. ST25, KI16 and CV8 lie on the same horizontal line.

Distances are in cun, a proportional unit — how to measure.

Body map, front: SP15 · Upper abdomen — Fig. — SP15 · Upper abdomen After Albinus, 1747

The abdominal regions — Gray's Anatomy plate — The abdominal regions Gray's Anatomy, 1918

3D view

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Needling

Cited needling

Perpendicular insertion

Depth 0.5–1 cun

skindeeper

Depths describe average adult habitus in the cited population, never a single safe number for the patient in front of you. Palpate and adjust.

Sources (1)

Deadman P, Al-Khafaji M, Baker K. A Manual of Acupuncture. Hove: Journal of Chinese Medicine Publications; 1998 — p. 200 Supports: techniques (names this point)

Site notes · not cited

Depth: 1.0–1.5 cun

Angle: Perpendicular

Functions

Regulates the intestines and relieves constipation
Strengthens the Spleen and resolves dampness

Indications

Constipation and diarrhoeaabdominal pain and distensiondysenteryexcessive worry and low mood with digestive symptoms

Clinical Notes

A principal point for constipation, and useful where abdominal complaints and low mood present together.

Sources

World Health Organization. WHO Standard Acupuncture Point Locations in the Western Pacific Region. Manila: WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2008. (Location.)
Focks C, ed. Atlas of Acupuncture. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2008. (Locating method and actions.)

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