Da Bao 大包 (SP 21)
TRANSLATION: | Great Embrace |
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TYPE: | Great luo-connecting point, Meeting of the Spleen meridians with the Yang Wei and Yin Wei vessels |
LOCATION: | On the mid-axillary line, 6 cun below the axilla. Midway between the axilla and the free end of the eleventh rib |
NEEDLE INSERTION: | 20° insertion along intercostal space, * Perpendicular insertion can puncture lung in thin people |
NEEDLE DEPTH: | 0.5-1.0 cun |