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POINT: GB-26 (GALL BLADDER-26)  

NAME: DAIMAI

English: Girdling Vessel
Also Known As: Belt Pulse
Belt Vessel
Girdle Vessel

LOCATION:

  • Directly below LIV-13 Zhangmen, level with the umbilicus.
  • Note: To locate the free end of the eleventh rib, place the entire hand on the upper abdomen,and with gentle finger pressure palpate downwards along the costal margin, until the end of the rib is located just above the level of the umbilicus. The free end of the eleventh rib usually lies on or near the mid-axillary line which is drawn vertically down from the apex of the Axilla HT-1 Jiquan.
  • Directly below the free end of the eleventh rib, level with the umbilicus.
  • Directly below LIV-13 Zhangmen, at the crossing point of the vertical line through the free end of the eleventh rib and a horizontal line through the umbilicus.

NEEDLING:

  • Perpendicular insertion, 0.5 to 1 cun.
  • Caution: in thin patients, deep needling may penetrate the peritoneal cavity.
  • Puncture perpendicularly 0.5 to 0.8 cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

  • Meeting point of the Gall Bladder channel with the Daimai

ACTIONS:

  • Regulates the Daimai
  • Drains Dampness
  • Regulates menstruation
  • Stops leukorrhea
  • Activates the channel
  • Alleviates pain
  • Alleviates Damp-Heat
  • Regulates the uterus

INDICATIONS:

  • Red and white leukorrhea
  • Menstrual disorders
  • Irregular menstruation
  • Amenorrhea
  • Infertility
  • Uterine prolapse
  • Hardness and pain of the hypogastrium in women
  • Lower abdominal pain in women
  • Pain in the lower back and hypochondriac region
  • Profuse Blood and leukorrhea
  • Intestinal colic
  • Endometritis
  • Convulsions
  • Convulsions in women
  • Abdomen like a wineskin full of water
  • Hip pain
  • False urge to urinate or defecate
  • Unendurable pain of the lateral costal region which radiates to the back
  • Pain of the lateral costal region
  • Lumbar pain
  • Shan disorder
  • Tenesmus
  • Clonic spasm
  • Sensation of water on the lumbar region
  • Pain in the lower back and sides
  • Amenorrhea with abdominal pain
  • Vaginal discharge
  • Hernia
  • Cystitis
  • Paraplegia due to trauma
  • All forms of paralysis
  • Diarrhea
  • Endometriosis
  • False urge to urinate or defecate

COMBINATIONS:

REN-4
Guanyuan
REN-6
Qihai
SP-6
Sanyinjiao
UB-30
Baihuanshu
PC-5
Jianshi

SP-10
Xuehai

REN-6
Qihai
REN-3
Zhongji
UB-23
Shenshu
SP-6
Sanyinjiao

Red and white leukorrhea

Amenorrhea

Irregular menstruation

Irregular menstruation

GB-43
Xiaxi

UB-30
Baihuanshu
SP-9
Yinlingquan
SP-6
Sanyinjiao

REN-3 joined to REN-2
Zhongji joined to Qugu
SP-8
 Diji
SP-6
Sanyinjiao

Pain and hardness of the hypogastrium

Leukorrhea

Endometriosis

N-BW-15
Shenji
GB-30
Huantiao
N-BW-16
Tiaoyue
N-LE-19
Siqiang

GB-43
Xiaxi

 

Paraplegia

Pain and stiffness in the lower abdomen

Amenorrhea

 

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

NOTES:

  • This point is indispensable for the treatment of leukorrhea.
  • It is an important point for all gynecological problems.