GB27

Wushu

Star

五樞 (Wǔshū) — Fifth Pivot

Gallbladder channel · point 27

Not yet clinically reviewed

Meeting point of the Gallbladder channel with the Dai Mai

Traditionally used for

Digestion
Bowel health
Menstrual & women's health
Pain & joints

Location

On the lower abdomen, 3 cun below the centre of the umbilicus, medial to the anterior superior iliac spine, level with CV4 (3 cun below GB26).

How to locate: Trace the iliac crest forward and down to the anterior superior iliac spine; the point is in the depression just medial to it, 3 cun below the umbilicus and level with CV4.

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

Body map, front: GB27 · Lower abdomen — Fig. — GB27 · Lower abdomen After Albinus, 1747

The abdominal regions — Gray's Anatomy plate — The abdominal regions Gray's Anatomy, 1918

3D view

3D view not available for this point: its position can't be carried onto the 3D model reliably (it failed a placement check). The 2D maps above show it.

Needling

Cited needling

Perpendicular insertion

Depth 1–1.5 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. 444 Supports: techniques (names this point)

Site notes · not cited

Depth: 0.8–1.2 cun

Angle: Perpendicular

Functions

Regulates the Dai Mai and the lower burner
Strengthens the Kidneys
Relieves hernia and lower abdominal pain

Indications

Vaginal discharge and uterine prolapsehernia and testicular painlower abdominal painconstipationlumbar and hip pain

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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