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Alternate names: 外枢 wài shū, Outer Pivot

Channel: GB, foot lesser yáng (shào yáng) gallbladder channel; shared point on the girdling (dài) vessel

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 .

Classical location: Five cùn and three fēn below Camphorwood Gate (LR-13). From The Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion (针灸大成 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).

Classical 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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