Intersecting point: Suwen-Qifu Lun Wang Bing's note: "Intersecting point of foot shaoyang and belt vessel".

bubble_chart Etymology

"Wu" (五), five; "shu" (樞), pivot or axis. The acupoint is located between Tianshu (ST25) and Bishu (GB30), and is situated among the five acupoints on lateral abdomen (Jingmen (GB25), Daimai (GB26), Wushu, Weidao (GB28), and Juliao (ST3)), hence the name.

bubble_chart Location

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "3 cun below Daimai (GB26); alternatively, 1.5 cun lateral to Shuidao ( ST28)";
• Zhenjiu Dacheng: "5.5 cun lateral toShuidao (ST28)"；
• Xunjing. Kaoxue Bian: "In the depression between waist and hip".

bubble_chart Anatomy

• Muscles: internal and external abdominal obliques, transversus abdominis.
• Nerve: iliohypogastric nerve.
• Vessels: superficial and deep circumflex iliac artery and vein.

bubble_chart Manipulation

Insert perpendicularly or obliquely forward and downward 1~2 cun. Moxibustion with moxa cone 3 to 5 times, moxibustion with moxa stick for 10 to 15 minutes.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Regulate belt vessel, regulate lower jiao.

• Classical: lower abdominal pain, tenesmus, inguinal hernia, spasm and convulsion, waist pain, red and white leukorrhea.
• Modern: abdominal distension, prolapse of uterus.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Abdominal masses: Qihai (CV6), Wushu (GB27), sweat pore, Zusanli (ST36) , Sanyinjiao (SP6).
• Shoulder and spine pain: Wushu (GB27), back seam.
• Retraction of testicles: Wushu (GB27), Guilai (ST29).