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POINT: GB-27 (GALL BLADDER-27)  

NAME: WUSHU

English: Five Pivots
Also Known As:

LOCATION:

  • On the lateral side of the abdomen, anterior to the superior iliac spine, 3 cun below the level of the umbilicus.
  • On the anterior side of the anterior iliac spine, approximately level with REN-4 Guanyuan.
  • Located 0.5 cun medial to the anterior superior iliac spine and 3 cun below the umbilicus lever with REN-4 Guanyuan.
  • In the depression just anterior to the anterior superior iliac spine approximately level with REN-4 Guanyuan, (3 cun below the umbilicus).

NEEDLING:

  • Puncture perpendicularly 0.5 to 1 cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.
  • Straight insertion, 1 to 2 cun. Sensation: local distention and soreness.
  • Perpendicular insertion 1 to 1.5 cun.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

  • Meeting point with the Dai channel

ACTIONS:

  • Regulates the Dai channel
  • Regulates the Lower Jiao
  • Transforms Stagnation

INDICATIONS:

  • Leukorrhea
  • Lower abdominal pain
  • Lumbar pain
  • Hernia
  • Constipation
  • Infantile convulsions
  • Endometriosis
  • Irregular menstruation
  • Uterovaginal spasms
  • Cold Shan disorder in men
  • Abdominal pain due to retraction of the testicles
  • Clonic spasm
  • Endometritis
  • Orchitis
  • Low back pain
  • Colic
  • Vaginal discharge containing Blood
  • Abdominal pain
  • Retracted scrotum
  • Lower abdominal distention
  • Uterine prolapse
  • Red and white vaginal discharge
  • Tenesmus
  • Pain if the back, lumbar region and ilium

COMBINATIONS:

GB-26
Daimai
M-CA-18
Zigong

LIV-8
Ququan
LIV-3
Taichong

ST-29
Guilai

Endometritis

Orchitis

Retraction of the testicles

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

NOTES:

  • This point leans more toward treating men's disorders than GB-26 Daimai which leans more toward women's disorders.