Spleen
SP15
大横 · Daheng
Great Horizontal
Well out from the navel, a spleen abdomen point.
Local abdominal point
Use caution
System
- Channel
- Spleen (SP)
- Element
- Earth
- Yin or yang
- yin
- Organ system
- Spleen
- Region
- Abdomen
- Limb rule
- Foot Taiyin
Where it is
On the abdomen, about four thumb-widths lateral to the navel, on the nipple line in many teaching descriptions.
Nearby: Side of the abdomen. Organs lie deep. Gentle only.
Traditionally said to
A spleen-channel abdomen point for bowel rumbling and lower abdominal chill in traditional language.
What people look up
Acupressure
Palm pressure, 30–45 seconds, both sides if comfortable.
When not to press: Skip in pregnancy unless a licensed person is guiding you, and skip severe pain.
About 30–90 seconds is the usual window, unless the step above is shorter. Stop if pain, dizziness, or anything unusual shows up.
Licensed practice only
Needle depth, angle, electroacupuncture
Textbook language for students. Not instructions. A cun is a body-inch on that person, not a ruler inch. Do not needle yourself.
Depth
Common textbook range: about 0.7–1.2 cun perpendicular. Abdominal depth is highly individual.
Angle
Perpendicular.
Electroacupuncture
Introductory charts rarely assign a standard electroacupuncture setting here. Clinics that use current choose frequency and intensity for that person. No milliamp figure is given, because copying one would be misleading.
Nearby on this channel
Sea of Blood
Inner thigh point in the “blood” teaching set.
Great Wrapping
Side-of-chest great luo. Learn the idea; press only the muscle, lightly.
Use caution
Yin Mound Spring
Inner knee hollow taught for damp and heaviness.
Three Yin Intersection
Inner-leg crossing of three yin channels. Not a pregnancy self-care point.
Traditionally avoided in pregnancy
Herbs often paired for a similar pattern
Tags
daheng · abdomen