BL5

Wuchu

Star

五處 (Wǔchù) — Fifth Place

Bladder channel · point 5

Not yet clinically reviewed

Traditionally used for

Headaches
Dizziness
Eye health
Nerves & recovery
Pain & joints

Location

On the head, 1 cun within the anterior hairline, 1.5 cun lateral to the midline, level with GV23.

How to locate: Find BL4 (0.5 cun within the hairline, one third of the way from GV24 to ST8) and go 0.5 cun further back; the point is level with GV23.

Distances are in cun, a proportional unit — how to measure.

Body map, back: BL5 · Head & face — Fig. — BL5 · Head & face After Albinus, 1747

The skull, from the front — Gray's Anatomy plate — The skull, from the front Gray's Anatomy, 1918

3D view

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Needling

Cited needling

Transverse insertion

Depth 0.5–1 cun

skindeeper

Depths describe average adult habitus in the cited population, never a single safe number for the patient in front of you. Palpate and adjust.

Sources (1)

Deadman P, Al-Khafaji M, Baker K. A Manual of Acupuncture. Hove: Journal of Chinese Medicine Publications; 1998 — p. 259 Supports: techniques (names this point)

Site notes · not cited

Depth: 0.3–0.5 cun

Angle: Transverse

Functions

Clears the head and calms wind
Releases the exterior and expels wind-heat from the head
Benefits the eyes

Indications

Headache and dizzinessblurred visionepilepsy and convulsionsstiff neck

Sources

World Health Organization. WHO Standard Acupuncture Point Locations in the Western Pacific Region. Manila: WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2008. (Location.)
Focks C, ed. Atlas of Acupuncture. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2008. (Locating method and actions.)

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