Dai+Mai+Meridian

=Dai Mai (Girdle Vessel)=

Points:
GB-26, 27, 28 [some sources: GV-4, BL-52, SP-15, ST-28]

Master Point:
GB-41

Coupled Point
TW-5

Functions:
Controls the muscles that support the abdomen and lower back, waist and hips** Links the Yin meridians on the front of the abdomen with Yang meridians on the back Controls the shaoyang meridians
 * Only horizontal channel in the body**
 * Binds channels at the waist

Dai Mai Symptoms:
Tightness of the lumbar and lower abdomen Disorders that combine excess above w/ deficiency below** Cold-damp and vacuity disorders of the lower body (leukorrhea) Upward rising Yang disturbances of the upper body Paralysis/Hemiplegia, disorders of motor nerves Prolapse, moscarriage
 * Weakness and sagging in the lumbar and lower abdomen