Intersecting point: Suwen-Qifu Lun Wang Bing's note: "Intersecting point of foot shaoyang and belt vessel".

bubble_chart Etymology

"Dai" (帶), belt; "mai" (脈), meridian. The point is located at the waistband area and intersects with belt, hence the name

bubble_chart Location

Daimai (GB26) acupoint
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

On the lateral side of abdomen, 1.8 cun directly below the free end of eleventh rib (Zhangmen, level with umbilicus.

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "1.8 cun below lower ribs";
• Leijing Tuyi: "8.5 cun lateral to umbilicus, 9 cun for obese ones, 8 cun for thin ones."

bubble_chart Anatomy

• Muscles: internal and external abdominal obliques, transversus abdominis.
• Nerve: twelfth intercostal nerve.
• Vessels: twelfth intercostal artery and vein.

bubble_chart Manipulation

Oblique insertion 1～1.5 cun. Moxibustion with moxa cone 3 to 5 times, moxibustion with moxa stick for 10 to 15 minutes.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Regulate belt vessel, benefit waist and abdomen.

• Classical: Hardness and pain in lower abdomen in women, amenorrhea, red and white leucorrhea, laxity in waist and abdomen, hernia pain, kidney deficiency.
• Modern: prolapse of uterus, pelvic inflammation.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Hardness and pain in lower abdomen with amenorrhea: Daimai (BV), Xiaxi (GB43).
• Kidney qi rushing upward to heart: Guanyuan (CV4), Daimai (BV).
• Red and white leucorrhea: Daimai (BV), Guanyuan (CV4), Qihai (CV6), Sanyinjiao (SP6 ), Baihuanshu (BL30), Jianshi (PC5).