Dabai

دابای

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Location

تانگ اصیل On the dorsum of the hand, in the depression on the radial side of the second metacarpal, slightly distal to Linggu; near LI4 but pressed against the second metacarpal.

Tung Ching-Chang (董景昌) (1973) 董氏針灸正經奇穴學 (Tung’s Acupuncture: The Extraordinary Points of… S0

Functions

Clears heat, relieves pain, regulates the Lung.

Chuan-Min Wang (2008) Lectures on Tung’s Acupuncture: Points Study S2D — traditional/empirical

Indications

Sciatica and low back pain (with Linggu), fever in children, pneumonia, headache.

Chuan-Min Wang (2008) Lectures on Tung’s Acupuncture: Points Study S2D — traditional/empirical→ Low back pain

Technique

Needle 0.5–1 cun; bloodletting for fever in children.

Chuan-Min Wang (2008) Lectures on Tung’s Acupuncture: Points Study S2

Related points · The same point in other schools

Anatomically near LI4 Joining Valley — Dabai lies a short distance from LI4 against the second metacarpal; identity and use differ between the schools.

Protocols using this point

Low back pain and sciatica — Tung

Sources of this point

Lectures on Tung’s Acupuncture: Points Study — Chuan-Min Wang (2008) S2
董氏針灸正經奇穴學 (Tung’s Acupuncture: The Extraordinary Points of the Regular Channels) — Tung Ching-Chang (董景昌) (1973) S0