Dadu SP2: Nomenclature, Location, Functions, Indications

Dadu-SP2
Dadu-SP2

Nomenclature:

Da: Big        Du: assembling
Dadu is at the big toe, where the qi of the meridian gathers.

Point: SP-2
Chinese Name: 大都
Name: Dadu
English Name/Meaning: Great Metropolis
Pinyin: dà dū
Han Geul 한글: dae do 대도
Romaji:dai to
Vietnamese: Đại đô

Location:

On the medial side of the big toe, in the depression distal and inferior to the first metatarso- phalangeal joint.

Functions:

  • Tonify spleen and harmonizes stomach.
  • Clears heat.

Indications of dadu:

Digestive disorders : Abdominal Distension, gastric pain, constipation, febrile disease without sweating.

Method:

Oblique inferior insertion 0.3 to 0.5 cun.

Remarks:

  • Ying-Spring Point.
  • Famous for febrile disease without sweating ( In such case pathogenic factor is so severe that it covers whole body like a blanket), so bleed it.
  • Mother (Reinforcing ) point.

READ MORE ABOUT OTHER POINTS OF SPLEEN MERIDIAN

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