GB-26 Daimai - Girdle Vessel
| 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
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Combinations
| REN-4 | SP-10 | |
Red and white leukorrhea | Amenorrhea Irregular menstruation | Irregular menstruation |
GB-43 | REN-3 joined to REN-2 | |
Pain and hardness of the hypogastrium | Leukorrhea | Endometriosis |
N-BW-15 | GB-43 | |
Paraplegia | Pain and stiffness in the lower abdomen Amenorrhea |
Contraindications
Notes
Five Elements Spirit Perspective
| Spirit of the Point | The Girdle Vessel is the only meridian that circles the body, holding everything in place and holding it up. That sense of order speaks to Wood: life runs most easily with a plan and a pattern. When everything is collapsing, or too stuck to move forward, the spirit feels held back from its natural Wood expansion. This point helps bring harmony back. |
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| Worsley | Location: On the side of the abdomen, where a vertical line through LIV-13 (the front tip of the 11th rib) crosses a horizontal line through the umbilicus centre. |
| When to Consider |
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From Class
- GB-26 Daimai (Belt Meridian): Opens Pandora's box to release its holdings. (Lewis)
- GB-41, GB-26, GB-27 (Dai Mai release): GB-41 Foot Governor of Tears invites unshed tears out and unbinds chest/hips/pelvis holdings; GB-26 opens Pandora's box; GB-27 releases the skeletons in the closet. (Lewis)
- GB-41, GB-26, GB-27, GB-28 (opening the Dai): Opening the Dai: GB-41 invites unshed emotions to move; GB-26 opens the girdle; GB-27 frees 'skeletons'; GB-28 integrates the tension — bringing shadow into light. (Lewis)
- Ren-8, KI-16, ST-25, GB-26 (belt — first star of the Big Dipper): In Seven Star/Nine Peaks symbolism these Dai-level waist points are the Big Dipper's first star, starting the journey to the North Star of true nature. (Lewis)
- Invigorating fallopian tubes (scarring/ectopic history): E-stim Zigong, ST-28, ST-29, KI-14; open the Dai with GB-41, GB-26–28; deep abdominal massage with castor oil and blood-moving oils (e.g., Chuan Xiong). (Lewis)
- Labor progression points: LU-7, SI-3 + BL-62, reduce Du-14, BL-40, BL-57, BL-31, BL-32, GB-41, GB-26–28: LU-7 descends Lung qi; back labor: open Du with SI-3 (+BL-62), reduce Du-14; BL-40/57 open the tailbone; BL-31/32 release; waist stall: GB-41, GB-26–28. (Lewis)
- Dai Mai (belt vessel): When the Dai Mai is stuck, Yang Wei lacks yang to expel pathogens: open with GB-41 and needle GB-26/27/28, sliding under the tendon edge at GB-26. (Yuen)
- Dai Mai (Girdle Vessel) — reservoir of old injuries: Old injuries swept beneath awareness collect in the subconscious basin and the body's hollows (major joints), where they fester. (Lewis)
- Dai Mai for diabetes: Opening the Dai reduces visceral fat and accesses the pancreas (LV-13, GB-26–28); Li Shizhen: moxa Ren-6, then GB-26, and Du-20 to raise yang. (Rabinowitz)
- Dai Mai — original vs postnatal: The original Dai lets yin become yang and yang become yin; the Kidney divergent's 'Dai' is not GB-26/27/28, which is Li Shizhen's later postnatal Dai. (Yuen)