GB-27 Wushu - Five Pivots
More Spirit Names: Fifth Pivot
| English: | Five Pivots |
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Location
- On the lateral side of the abdomen, anterior to the superior iliac spine, 3 cun below the level of the umbilicus.
- On the anterior side of the anterior iliac spine, approximately level with REN-4 Guanyuan.
- Located 0.5 cun medial to the anterior superior iliac spine and 3 cun below the umbilicus lever with REN-4 Guanyuan.
- In the depression just anterior to the anterior superior iliac spine approximately level with REN-4 Guanyuan, (3 cun below the umbilicus).
Needling
- Puncture perpendicularly 0.5 to 1 cun.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
- Straight insertion, 1 to 2 cun. Sensation: local distention and soreness.
- Perpendicular insertion 1 to 1.5 cun.
Command Functions
- Meeting point with the Dai channel
Actions
- Regulates the Dai channel
- Regulates the Lower Jiao
- Transforms Stagnation
Indications
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Combinations
| GB-26 | ST-29 | |
Endometritis | Orchitis | Retraction of the testicles |
Contraindications
Notes
- This point leans more toward treating men's disorders than GB-26 Daimai which leans more toward women's disorders.
Five Elements Spirit Perspective
| Spirit of the Point | Five is the number of good order, as in the Five Elements, and this point lies at a pivot at the body's center. It helps a person whose mind and spirit are scattered and who never gets things in order, and also one who is so set in their decisions that they cannot reconsider. |
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| Worsley | Location: On the hip, below and a little behind the anterior superior iliac spine, level with REN-4. |
| When to Consider |
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From Class
- GB-27 Wushu (Five Pivots): Releases the proverbial skeletons in the closet. (Lewis)
- GB-41, GB-26, GB-27 (Dai Mai release): GB-41 Foot Governor of Tears invites unshed tears out and unbinds chest/hips/pelvis holdings; GB-26 opens Pandora's box; GB-27 releases the skeletons in the closet. (Lewis)
- GB-41, GB-26, GB-27, GB-28 (opening the Dai): Opening the Dai: GB-41 invites unshed emotions to move; GB-26 opens the girdle; GB-27 frees 'skeletons'; GB-28 integrates the tension — bringing shadow into light. (Lewis)
- Invigorating fallopian tubes (scarring/ectopic history): E-stim Zigong, ST-28, ST-29, KI-14; open the Dai with GB-41, GB-26–28; deep abdominal massage with castor oil and blood-moving oils (e.g., Chuan Xiong). (Lewis)
- Dai Mai (belt vessel): When the Dai Mai is stuck, Yang Wei lacks yang to expel pathogens: open with GB-41 and needle GB-26/27/28, sliding under the tendon edge at GB-26. (Yuen)
- Dai Mai (Girdle Vessel) — reservoir of old injuries: Old injuries swept beneath awareness collect in the subconscious basin and the body's hollows (major joints), where they fester. (Lewis)
- Dai Mai for diabetes: Opening the Dai reduces visceral fat and accesses the pancreas (LV-13, GB-26–28); Li Shizhen: moxa Ren-6, then GB-26, and Du-20 to raise yang. (Rabinowitz)
- Dai Mai — original vs postnatal: The original Dai lets yin become yang and yang become yin; the Kidney divergent's 'Dai' is not GB-26/27/28, which is Li Shizhen's later postnatal Dai. (Yuen)