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Acupoint SP2 _ Great Metropolis, Dadu – Spleen _ SP-2
NAMES :
Dadu, Great Metropolis – Spleen
Huyệt Đại đô – Kinh Túc thái âm tỳ
La grande capitale – Méridien de la rate
大都, dà dū – 足太阴脾经
dae do 대도, dai to – 족태음비경
The Dadu acupoint is located at the end of the big toe (the biggest toe of the toes), where the muscles and bones are thick, forming a protuberance, indicating that this acupoint is where the Earth’s Qi is as rich as water flowing in a pond, so it was called Dadu (Trung Y Cuong Muc).
Abbreviated in English SP2
THERAPEUTIC ACTIONS:
Replenish the spleen, remove pulmonary air obstruction, remove stagnation, remove edema.
INDICATIONS :
Treatment of painful swollen feet, pain around inner ankles, bloating, abdominal distension, stomach pain, constipation, diarrhea, heavy body, high fever without sweating.
ASSOCIATIONS
- Combined with KD10, CV6, KI2, SP6, LV3, CV3 acupoints to treat non-stop bleeding.
- Combined with SP9 acupoint (the warmth of mugwort), acupoint SP5 treats low dysentery.
- Combine with SP9, BL60, LV14 and CV12 acupoints to treat diarrhea.
- Combined with SP1 acupoint to treat “false death” (false death – a state of deep coma, the body is paralyzed but the body’s organs and functions are still functioning with a very low base, the heart beating extremely slowly).
- Combined with CV14 acupoint (the heat of mugwort), SP3 acupoint, BL57 acupoint, ST36 acupoint treat heart pain caused by worms.
- Combined with KD11 acupoint to treat back pain caused by stagnant qi.
- Combined with LU8 acupoint to treat fever without sweating.
- Combined with ST40, KD7 acupoints to treat leprosy, swollen hands and feet.
- Combined with SP3 acupoint to treat “Pain in stomach and heart” (distended abdomen, full chest, persistent pain in the heart)
Reference: Numerous documents on traditional Chinese and Vietnamese medicine
CONTRAINDICATIONS:
Pregnant women do not apply “Mugwort Heat” to this acupoint
LOCATION AND FIND THE ACUPOINT:
Please watch the instructions in the video
