GB-28 Weidao - Binding Path
More Spirit Names: Linking Path, Outer Pivot, Protective Path, Preserving Path, Maintain the Way
| English: | Linking Path |
| Also Known As: | Maintain the Way Preserving Path Binding Path |
Location
- 0.5 cun anterior to GB-27 Wushu.
- 0.5 cun below GB-27 Wushu, anterior and slightly below the anterior superior iliac spine.
Needling
- Perpendicular insertion 1 to 1.5 cun.
- Straight insertion 1 to 2 cun.
- Puncture perpendicularly 0.5 to 1 cun.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
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
Contraindications
Notes
Five Elements Spirit Perspective
| Spirit of the Point | A point that binds and holds the way. Progress needs a center that is organized yet flexible. The person too scattered to make a start is as stuck as the one bound so tightly they cannot bend with changing circumstances. Both thwart the person's potential, and this point restores equilibrium to the spirit. |
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| Worsley | Location: On the hip, halfway from GB-27 to GB-29. |
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From Class
- GB-28 Weidao (Linking Path): Integrates and regulates the tension in the Dai Mai. (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)