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DETAIL of Wuchu (Go-sho)

Acupoint's Category: Acupoints of the 14 Meridians - The 12 Regular Meridians - The Bladder Meridian of Foot Taiyang Chinese Name: Wuchu Japanese Name: Go-sho WHO No: BL 5 WHO No (Old):

Source: A-B Classic of Acupuncture and Moxibustion

Name Explanation: Wu, fifth; Chu, place. This is the fifth point of the Bladder Meridian of Foot-Taiyang. Classification:

Specific Points:

Location: On the head, 1 cun directly above the midpoint of the anterior hairline and 1.5 cun lateral to the midline. Location (previously defined):

Localization: In sitting position with the head resting, first locate Quchai (BL 4). The point is located 0.5 cun directly superior to Quchai (BL 4). Indications: 1) Diseases of Head and Sense Organs: Headache, dizziness. 2) Mental Diseases: Infantile convulsion, epilepsy.

Mechanism of Action: See also Meichong (BL 3) and Cuanzhu (BL 2). Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 cun. Acupoint Prescriptions: 1) Febrile diseases (sweating, fever and chill): Wuchu (BL 5), Cuanzhu (BL 2), Zhengying (GB 17), Shangguan (GB 3), Quepen (ST 12), Zhongfu (LU 1). (Thousand Golden Prescriptions ) 2) Back rigidity, clonic convulsion, epilepsy, heaviness sensation of the head: Wuchu (BL 5), Shenzhu (GV 12), Weizhong (BL 40), Weiyang (BL 39), Kunlun (BL 60). (Experience on Acupuncture and Moxibustion Therapy ) 3) Exogenous febrile diseases (with sweating, fever and chill): Wuchu (BL 5), Cuanzhu (BL 2), Shangwan (CV 13). (Essentials of Acupuncture and Moxibustion ) Regional Anatomy: Skin-subcutaneous tissue-frontal belly of occipitofrontal muscle. In the superficial layer, there are the supratrochlear nerve and the supratrochlear artery and vein. In the deep layer, there are the subaponeurotic loose connective tissue and the pericranium. Remark: