大陵

Daling

Daling(PC7,大陵) is an acupuncture point in the meridian named Jueyin Pericardium Meridian of Hand. It is the Shu-Stream and Yuan-Source Point of the pericardium.

Meaning

Da, large; ling, mound. The protrusion of the palmar root is large, like a mound. The point is in the depression of the wrist proximal to it.

Location

In the middle of the transverse crease of the wrist, between the tendons of m.palmaris longus and m.flexor carpi radialis.

Indication

Cardiac pain, arrhythmia, stomachache, vomiting, mental disorder, hysterial, intercostal neuralgia.

Method

Perpendicularly 0.5-0.8 cun.