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Alternate names: 大胞 dà bāo, Great Bladder

Channel: SP, Foot Greater Yīn (tài yīn) Spleen Channel

Modern location: An acupoint located on the lateral aspect of the chest, 6 cùn inferior to the axilla on the midaxillary line.

Classic location: Downward and outward from All-Round Flourishing (SP-20), crossing the lesser yáng (shào yáng) gallbladder channel, three cùn below Armpit Abyss (GB-22), a little over six cùn below the armpit. (Yī Zōng Jīn Jiàn)

Local anatomy: The thoracodorsal artery and vein, the 7th intercostal artery and vein. The 7th intercostal nerve and the terminal branch of the long thoracic nerve.

Action: Regulates qì and blood; leashes sinew and bone.

Modern indications: Panting; chest and rib-side pain; generalized pain; limp weak limbs.

Classic indications: Network vessel repletion: generalized pain in the whole body; network vessel vacuity: slackness of the hundred joints.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.3‒0.5 cùn outward oblique insertion. Moxa: 3 cones; pole 10‒20 min.

Point groups: Great network point (luò xué) of the spleen.

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