ACUPUNCTURE
Dai Mai: TCM Acupoint Guide
DAIMAI
Name
Dai Mai (Daimai)
Location
Directly below the free end of the eleventh rib, level with the umbilicus. Note: the free end of the eleventh rib usually lies on or near the mid-axillary line drawn vertically down from the apex of the axilla, HT-1 Jiquan.
Needling
- Caution: in thin patients, deep needling may penetrate the peritoneal cavity.
- Perpendicular insertion, 0.5 to 1 cun.
- 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
Combinations
| Points | Indications |
|---|---|
| REN-4 Guanyuan, REN-6 Qihai, SP-6 Sanyinjiao, UB-30 Baihuanshu, PC-5 Jianshi | Red and white leukorrhea |
| SP-10 Xuehai | Amenorrhea, irregular menstruation |
| REN-6 Qihai, REN-3 Zhongji, UB-23 Shenshu, SP-6 Sanyinjiao | Irregular menstruation |
| GB-43 Xiaxi | Pain and hardness of the hypogastrium |
| UB-30 Baihuanshu, SP-9 Yinlingquan, SP-6 Sanyinjiao | Leukorrhea |
| REN-3 Zhongji joined to REN-2 Qugu, SP-8 Diji, SP-6 Sanyinjiao | Endometriosis |
| N-BW-15 Shenji, GB-30 Huantiao, N-BW-16 Tiaoyue, N-LE-19 Siqiang | Paraplegia |
| GB-43 Xiaxi | Pain and stiffness in the lower abdomen, amenorrhea |
Notes
Indispensable for the treatment of leukorrhea, and an important point for all gynecological problems.
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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