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GB-28 Linking Path
维道 〔維道〕wéi dào
Alternate names: 外枢 wài shū, Outer Pivot
Channel: GB, Foot Lesser Yáng (shào yáng) Gallbladder Channel
Modern location: An acupoint located on the smaller abdomen, 0.5 cùn inferior and slightly medial to GB-27, at the inferior border of the anterior superior iliac spine (asis), or the top of the groin .
Classic location: Five cùn and three fēn below Camphorwood Gate (LR-13). (Zhēn Jiǔ Dà Chéng)
Local anatomy: The superficial and deep circumflex iliac arteries and vein. The ilioinguinal nerve.
Action: Courses stagnant qì; rectifies the two intestines; leashes the girdling vessel.
Modern indications: Abdominal pain; mounting qì (shàn qì, inguinal hernia); vaginal discharge; yīn protrusion (prolapse of the uterus).
Classic indications: Water swelling; intestinal welling-abscess (cháng yōng); cold mounting (hán shàn); retching and vomiting; no thought of food and drink; smaller abdominal pain.
Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.5‒1.0 cùn perpendicular insertion. Moxa: 5‒10 cones; pole 5‒20 min.
Point groups: Intersection point (jiāo huì xué) of the gallbladder channel and girdling vessel.
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