Great Hammer / Da Zhui
Updated 2026-08-04
INTRODUCTION
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CORE DEFINITION
An acupoint on the Governing Vessel located in the depression below the spinous process of the seventh cervical vertebra. Its core proposition is that it is a meeting point of the three hand and three foot yang channels with the Governing Vessel, so it both activates the body's yang and releases heat from all six yang channels. The key qualifier is that the same point works in opposite directions depending on method: moxa warms and raises, while bloodletting or cupping clears heat, so technique must match the pattern.
SCAFFOLDING EFFECT
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- Heat Vent: For fever, use bloodletting or cupping here as the body's largest heat exhaust. - Yang Switch: For cold and deficiency patterns, use moxa to activate yang along the whole back. - Neck Reference: Use the vertebra as a landmark to locate it and the surrounding neck points accurately.
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As a convergence point for the yang channels, stimulation here propagates along those channels rather than acting locally, which is why one point can affect the whole back and the body's temperature regulation. Method determines direction because clearing heat and warming yang are different physiological effects from the same location. This is why the point appears in both fever and cold patterns without contradiction.
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