KI12 (Dahe, “Great Glory”) is an acupuncture point on the Kidney Channel Meridian. It is located on the lower abdomen, 4 cun inferior to the centre of the umbilicus and 0.5 cun lateral to the anterior midline, level with Zhongji (CV3). It tonifies the Kidneys and secures the Essence, benefits the genitals and reproduction, regulates the Chong Mai and the Lower Jiao, and stops leucorrhoea.
On the lower abdomen, 4 cun inferior to the centre of the umbilicus and 0.5 cun lateral to the anterior midline, level with Zhongji (CV3).
Perpendicular insertion 0.8 to 1.2 cun. Ask the patient to empty the bladder first; deep insertion may reach the bladder or the peritoneal cavity, especially in thin patients.
Tonifies the Kidneys and secures the Essence, benefits the genitals and reproduction, regulates the Chong Mai and the Lower Jiao, and stops leucorrhoea.
Seminal emission, impotence, pain of the penis, retraction of the genitals, uterine prolapse, red or white leucorrhoea, irregular menstruation, infertility, lower abdominal pain; redness and pain of the eyes beginning at the inner canthus.
Dahe is a main local point for male and female reproductive disorders rooted in Kidney deficiency: seminal emission, impotence, leucorrhoea, uterine prolapse and infertility. As a meeting point with the Chong Mai it also regulates the uterus and the Lower Jiao.
Classical text; the translation was prepared with AI and is not clinical advice.
《奇經八脈考》 Qíjīng Bāmài Kǎo — Exposition of the Eight Extraordinary Vessels, Li Shizhen, 1578 · 沖脈 · Source: Wikisource ↗
上行歷大赫、（橫骨上一寸，去腹中行一寸半）According to this text, the vessel ascends through KI12, which lies 1 cun above the transverse (pubic) bone and 1.5 cun from the abdominal midline.
《醫學入門》 Yīxué Rùmén — Introduction to Medicine, Li Chan, 1575 · 经穴起止 · Source: Wikisource ↗
大赫气穴下一寸。 针一寸，灸五壮。 主虚劳失精，阴上缩，茎中痛，灸三十壮，女子赤沃According to this text, KI12 lies 1 cun below Qixue, needled 1 cun with 5 moxa cones. It records use for deficiency taxation with loss of essence, retraction of the genitals and pain in the penis (with 30 moxa cones), and red discharge in women.
《針方六集》 Zhēnfāng Liùjí — Six Collections on Needling, Wu Kun, 1618 · 卷之五·紛署集 · 腹自幽門夾巨闕兩旁各半寸循衝脈下行至橫骨凡二十二穴第二十 · Source: jicheng.tw ↗
大赫二穴，主虛勞失精，陰痛，陰莖萎縮，目赤痛從內眥始，女子赤白帶下The text records that KI12 was used for deficiency taxation with loss of essence, genital pain, shrinking of the penis, red painful eyes starting from the inner canthus, and red and white vaginal discharge in women.
《千金翼方》 Qiānjīn Yìfāng — Supplement to the Thousand Gold Prescriptions, c. 682 · 卷27 · Source: Wikisource ↗
男子失精，陰上縮，莖中痛，灸大赫三十壯，在俠屈骨端三寸The text records that for loss of essence in men with retraction of the genitals and pain in the penis, KI12 was moxibusted with 30 cones; it is located 3 cun from the end of the pubic bone, according to this text.
KI12 is one of 27 points on the Kidney Channel Meridian. Nearby points:
KI12 (Dahe) is located on the lower abdomen, 4 cun inferior to the centre of the umbilicus and 0.5 cun lateral to the anterior midline, level with Zhongji (CV3).
KI12 tonifies the Kidneys and secures the Essence, benefits the genitals and reproduction, regulates the Chong Mai and the Lower Jiao, and stops leucorrhoea. Common clinical indications include seminal emission, impotence, pain of the penis, retraction of the genitals, uterine prolapse, red or white leucorrhoea, irregular menstruation, infertility, lower abdominal pain; redness and pain of the eyes beginning at the inner canthus.
Perpendicular insertion 0.8 to 1.2 cun. Ask the patient to empty the bladder first; deep insertion may reach the bladder or the peritoneal cavity, especially in thin patients. Caution: Empty the bladder before needling. Use with caution in pregnancy (lower abdominal point).
KI12 is a point on the Kidney Channel Meridian (Zú Shàoyīn Shènjīng).