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Indications
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Protocols
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Location
1 thumb width directly above the midpoint of the anterior hairline and 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the midline.
No specific contraindications.
Indications
Conditions for which BL05 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.
Nasal CongestionPsychological Insanity DisorderDizzinessEpilepsyEyesight / Vision DimDim VisionEyesight / Vision DizzyDizzy VisionHeat HeadHeat NoseSpinal StiffnessImmobility SpineOculogyric Crisis Eyes Staring UpwardsOpisthotonosEye PainHead PainHeadacheHeaviness Head SensationMuscle SpasmsTetanyWind
TCM actions
What classical sources say BL05 does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the point, not a condition.
Benefit Descend YangDescend Yang
Protocols using BL05
- Fire Liver, Fire Liver – SI01, SI02, SI08, BL05, BL18, KD01 (Yang Yong-Xuan, clinical point-selection notes)
- Wind Liver, Wind Liver – LU11, ST01, ST03, ST04, ST05, ST06, ST07, ST08, ST42, ST45, SI03, SI08, BL01, BL02, BL03, BL04, BL05, BL06, BL09, BL10, BL41, XU25 (Yang Yong-Xuan, clinical point-selection notes)
- Rising Liver Yang, Rising Liver Yang – ST08, BL05, BL18, KD01 (Yang Yong-Xuan, clinical point-selection notes)
- Heat Lung, Wind Lung, Heat Lung, Wind Lung – LU03, LU06, LU07, LU08, LU10, LU11, LI04, LI19, SI07, SI08, SI09, SI10, SI18, BL02, BL04, BL05, BL06, BL07, BL11 (Yang Yong-Xuan, clinical point-selection notes)
Most often selected alongside BL05
How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with BL05. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.
- SI08Small Sea3 protocols
- BL02Gathered Bamboo2 protocols
- BL04Deviating Turn2 protocols
- BL06Receiving Light2 protocols
- BL18Liver Shu Point2 protocols
- KD01Bubbling Spring2 protocols
- LU11Lesser Metal2 protocols
- ST08Head Corner2 protocols
- BL01Bright Eyes / Eye Point1 protocols
- BL03Eyebrow Ascension1 protocols
- BL07Reaching Heaven1 protocols
- BL09Jade Pillow1 protocols