What body tissues and organs are influenced by the Dai Mai?
- genitals
- waist, hips
- uterus
- bladder
Liver, gall bladder, spleen, stomach, bladder, and the divergent channel of the kidney meridian.
What organs does the Dai Mai influence?
Liver, gall bladder, spleen, kidney.
Master point?
Couple point?
Master: GB41
Coupled: SJ5
What are the 3 general functions of the Dai Mai?
1) harmonize the liver and gall bladder
- liver Qi stasis
- liver fire
- gall bladder heat
2) resolve dampness in the lower jiao
- excessive leukorrhea
- urinary problems
3) regulate Qi in the legs
- cold legs and feet
What happens when the Dai belt is too tight?
Too loose?
Too tight: stagnation in the legs creates dampness - excess condition
Too loose: spleen and kidney Qi sinks causing dampness to infuse the legs - deficiency condition
Point prescription for liver Qi stagnation?
GB41, SJ5, Liv13
Point prescription for liver fire and gall bladder heat?
GB41, SJ5, Liv3, GB43 (ying spring)
Point prescription for atrophy (wei) syndrome?
GB41, SJ5, GB26, ST30, ST36, KID11, DU4
What is the trajectory of the Dai Mai?
- starts in the hypochondrium at Liv13
- encircles the waist connecting GB26, GB27, and GB28
- connects at the level of L2 with the kidney divergent channel
Point prescription for a full pathology of the Dai Mai?
GB41, SJ5, GB26, Ren3, ST28, SP9
Point prescription for an empty condition in the Dai Mai?
GB41, SJ5, GB26, Ren6, Du20, UB23
What are symptoms of a full Dai Mai pathology?
- fullness and distension of the abdomen
- back feels as if “sitting in water”
- back soreness radiating to the lower abdomen OR abdominal pain radiating to the lower back
- feeling of heaviness in the body
- headaches due to the upward rising of yang (with deficiency yang in the lower body)
What is the main gynaecological condition treated through the Dai Mai?
Leucorrhea due to dampness
Point prescription for excess gyne condition in Dai Mai?
GB41, SJ5, GB26, Ren3, ST28, SP9
Point prescription for deficient (spleen, kidney Qi sinking) gyne condition in Dai Mai?
GB41, SJ5, GB26, Ren6, ST28, SP9, UB20, UB23
What are the 4 functional domains of the Dai Mai?
- links the upper and lower halves of the body
- links yang meridians of the back with yin meridians in the abdomen
- controls sham yang meridians
- controls postural muscles of the back and abdomen
What are the general functions of the Dai Mai?
- harmonizes the liver/gall bladder
- resolves dampness in the lower burner
- treats the hips
- treats gyne conditions
- treats full/empty conditions (is applicable to modern stress disorder)
- regulates circulation of Qi in legs
- links the gall bladder/San jiao meridians
- treats abdominal pain
