ACUPUNCTURE
Wu Shu: TCM Acupoint Guide
WUSHU
Name
Wu Shu (Wushu)
Location
In the depression just anterior to the anterior superior iliac spine, approximately level with REN-4 Guanyuan.
Needling
- Puncture perpendicularly, 0.5 to 1 cun.
- Straight insertion, 1 to 2 cun. Sensation: local distention and soreness.
- Perpendicular insertion, 1 to 1.5 cun.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
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 of the back, lumbar region and ilium
Notes
This point leans more toward treating men disorders than GB-26 Daimai, which leans more toward womens disorders.
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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