Yu, Tongshu. The point corresponds to the anterior and posterior conception vessel Guanyuan (CV4) point in the abdomen.

bubble_chart Location

Guanyuanshu (BL26) acupoint
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

Open 1.5 cun below the spinous process of the fifth lumbar vertebra at the waist.

• Taiping Shenghui Fang: "On both sides of Shiqizhui (EX-B8), the body cun is one and a half cun apart."

bubble_chart Anatomy

• Muscle: Erector spinae.
• Nerve: posterior branch of fifth lumbar nerve.
• Vessel: the medial branch of the posterior branch of the inferior lumbar artery and vein.

bubble_chart Manipulation

Perpendicular insertion or downward oblique insertion 1 to 2 cun. Moxibustion with moxa cone 5~7 rounds, moxibustion with moxa stick for 10~15 minutes.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Benefit the kidneys and strengthen the waist.

• Classical: Lumbago, diarrhea, dysentery, abdominal distension and fullness, difficulty in urination, and women's abdominal mass.
• Modern: chronic enteritis, diabetes, anemia, chronic pelvic inflammation, bladder inflammation.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Fenglao lumbago: Guanyuanshu (BL26), Pangguangshu (BL28).
• Chronic enteritis: Pishu (BL20), Shenshu (BL23), Guanyuanshu (BL26).
• Nephritis: Shenshu (BL23), Guanyuanshu (BL26), Tianshu (ST25), Sanyinjiao (SP6).
• Diabetes: PIshu, Pishu (BL20), Sanjiaoshu (BL22), Shenshu (BL23), Guanyuanshu (BL26).
• dysmenorrheal: Ganshu (BL18), Pishu (BL20), Guanyuanshu (BL26).