Dai Mai Flashcards
What is another name for Daimai
belt
girdle
Dai mai is the only vessel that does not…
run in an up-down direction
What organs are associated with Daimai
liver, gall bladder, spleen, kidney
body tissues
genitals
waist, hips
uterus
bladder
master point
Gb-41
coupled point
SJ-5
coupled meridian
Yang wei mai
where is Gb-41 located
later side of tendon between the 4th and 5th metatarsals
All the points
Gb-41 Sj-5 Gb-26 Gb-27 Gb-28
Where is Liv-13 located
tip of 11th floating rib
where is Gb-26 located
Directly below Liv-13 (11th floating rib) in line with the umbilicus
where is GB-27 located
in the depression just anterior to the ASIS approximately in line with Ren-4
Where is Gb-28 located
0.5 cun inferior and anterior to Gb-27
Qi-flow
LIV-13—>circle waist—>GB-26-27-28—>UB-23 (L-2) to KID divergent channel
functions:
1) harmonize LIV/GB (liv qi stg, liv fire, gb heat)
2) resolve dampness in lower jiao (excessive leucorrhea, urinary problems)
3) Regulate Qi in legs (cold legs/feet, purple feet, tense leg muscles)
Full Dai Mai pathology symptoms
1) fullness/distension of ab (bloating)
2) back feels “sitting in water” (C-D invasion in SP) (edema)
3) back soreness radiating to low ab OR low ab pain radiating to lo back
4) heaviness (dampness)
5) headaches (upward raising yang with xu yang in lower body)
Empty Dai Mai pathology symptoms
1) coincides with xu REN
2) hernia, organ prolapse, wei syndrome
3) miscarriage
4) poor posture
PP: Gb-41, SJ-5, LIV-3, GB-43
Liver fire, GB heat
PP: Gb-41, SJ-5, LIV-13
fullness/distension of lower ab
PP: Gb-41, SJ-5 Gb-26 ST-30/36 K-11 DU-4
atrophy syndrome
MS
Which point is the strategic intersection of Chong, Du, Dai?
ST-30
PP for atrophy syndrome (MS)
Gb-41, SJ-5 Gb-26 (T Dai) ST-30/36 (T ST) K-11 (T chong) DU-4 (T DU)
PP: Gb-41, SJ-5, GB-26, RN-3, ST-28, SP-9
Full dai mai pathology
PP:
GB-41, SJ-5, GB-26, UB-23
abdominal pain radiating to back (liv Qi stg/dampness)
dai mai and the hips:
trajectory explains the influence on the hips
- pain/soreness of the hips
- dampness in lower jiao
- wiry pulse in both middle positions
Main gynecological condition?
leuchorrhea (due to dampness)
PP: GB-41, SJ-5
GB-26, RN-6, DU-20, DU-23
Empty Daimai pathology
lower-lateral ab pain?
chong
lower central ab pain?
ren
ab pain radiating to back
Dai
back pain radiating to ab
Dai
PP: GB-41, SJ-5, GB-26, REN-3, ST-28, SP-9
excess condition leuchorrhea (gynaecology) in Dai mai
PP: GB-41, SJ-5, GB-26, RN-6, ST-28, SP-9, UB-20/23
Deficiency condition leuchorrhea (gynecology) in Daimai
* SP/KID Qi sinking