Name

帶脈

• Dai Mai
• Girdle Vessel Channel
• Girdle Channel

Location

At the intersection between the lines:

• Vertical: tip of the 11th rib (LR-13) towards the iliac crest
• Horizontal: line of the umbilicus

Nature

• Gathering Point with Girdle Vessel Channel

Actions

• Supports the fetus
• Vaginal discharge, leukorrhea: Girdle Vessel Channel is loose and has a tendency to miscarry
• Lower back pain with the sensation of sitting on water: zone below cold and dampness
• Lower abdominal pain, gynecological disorder, regulates uterus
• Facilitates evacuation of the Large Intestine, constipation
• Prostate: frequent urination, post-void dribbling

Treatment

• Needling: 0.6 CUN perpendicular. Depends on the abdomen
• Moxibustion

Interactions

• Irregular menstruation: CV-6, CV-3, BL-23, SP-6
• Amenorrhoea: SP-10
• Leukorrhea: CV-4, CV-6, SP-6, BL-30, PC-5