ACUPUNCTURE
Wu Chu: TCM Acupoint Guide
WUCHU
Name
Wu Chu (Wuchu)
Location
0.5 cun directly posterior to UB-4 Quchai, 1 cun within the anterior hairline and 1.5 cun lateral to DU-23 Shangxing.
Needling
- Puncture subcutaneously, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
- Slanted insertion, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
- Transverse insertion, 0.5 to 1 cun.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
Actions
- Subdues interior wind
- Restores consciousness
- Eliminates wind
- Descends yang
- Clears heat
- Clears the head and nose
Indications
- Epilepsy
- Convulsions
- Rigidity of the spine in children during a febrile disease
- Windstroke
- Rigidity of the spine
- Opisthotonis
- Upward staring eyes
- Madness
- Tetany
- Clonic spasm
- Headache
- Blurred vision
- Vertigo
- Rhinitis
- Seizures
- Pain of the head and eyes
- Heaviness of the head
- Nasal congestion
- Dizziness
- Dimness of vision
Contraindications
According to several classical texts, moxibustion on this point is contraindicated.
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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