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Location
1.5 thumb widths lateral to the GV03 at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 4th lumbar vertebra.
Categories
- Back-Shu point of the Large Intestine
The classical groups this point belongs to, from Deadman, Al-Khafaji & Baker, A Manual of Acupuncture.
Cautions
Avoid deep perpendicular needling.
Indications
Conditions for which BL25 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.
Arthritis HipArthritis Sacroiliac JointMuscle WastingBackStomach RumblingCommon ColdConstipationDampDiarrheaAbdominal BloatingHypogastrium BloatingDysenteryDefecation ProblemsDrinking ProblemsEating ProblemsReproductive System ProblemsUrinary ProblemsMenstrual CrampsHypogastrium FullnessSpine Lumbar StiffnessImmobility Spine LumbarInjury HipInjury Sacroiliac JointInternal AbscessPainAbdominal PainAbdomen Inferior Twisting PainLower Back PainHip PainLower Abdominal PainJoint Sacroiliac PainUmbilical Cutting PainPeriod DysfunctionPeriod / Menstruation DysfunctionPeriod / Menstruation Premenstrual Syndrome / PmsPeriod Premenstrual Syndrome PmsRectal ProlapseStagnationBlood in StoolUndigested Food in StoolBi Arthralgia Leg SyndromeBi / Arthralgia Leg SyndromeBack Lumbar WeaknessLeg WeaknessWeight Low Despite Appetite
TCM actions
What classical sources say BL25 does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the point, not a condition.
Benefit Regulate IntestinesRegulate Intestines
Protocols using BL25
The 50 best-sourced of 333, ranked by strength of evidence. The count above is the full figure.
- Dysmenorrhea Primary – BL25, BL54 (doi:10.1016/s0254-6272(09)60035-2 ↗)
- Leg Pain, Prolapse Of The Lumbar Intervertebral Disc, Low Back Pain – BL23, BL25, BL31, BL32, BL33, BL34, BL40, BL54 (doi:10.1016/s0254-6272(09)60003-0 ↗)
- Low Back Pain, Disability Low Back – BL23, BL25, BL40, GV03, GV04 (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000919 ↗)
- Back Low Pain, Disability Musculoskeletal – BL23, BL25, BL40, GV03, GV04 (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000919 ↗)
- Back Pain, Sciatica Pain, Herniated Nucleus Pulposus – BL23, BL24, BL25, BL26, BL31, BL32, BL33, BL34, BL40, BL57, BL60, GB30 (doi:10.1093/ecam/nep085 ↗)
- Lumbar Pain, Low-back Pain – BL23, BL24, BL25, BL26, BL32, BL40, BL60, GB30, GB34 (doi:10.1155/2013/872142 ↗)
- Sciatica, Lower Back Pain, Lower Limb Pain, Lower Limb Numbness, Lower Limb Weakness, Lumbar Disc Herniation – BL25, BL40 (doi:10.1155/2013/718593 ↗)
- Thigh Numbness, Thigh Lateral Pain, Paraesthesia Thigh, Burning Thigh, Meralgia Paraesthetica – BL25, GB30, GB31, GB32, GB34 (doi:10.1136/acupmed-2013-010395 ↗)
- Constipation Functional – ST25, ST36, ST37, BL25, TB06 (doi:10.1016/s0254-6272(13)60100-4 ↗)
- Low Back Pain, Lower Limb Pain, Lumbar Disc Herniation, Radiculopathy Lumbar – BL25, GV02 (doi:10.1155/2014/154941 ↗)
- Low Back Pain, Lower Limb Pain, Lumbar Disc Herniation, Radiculopathy Lumbar – BL25, BL40 (doi:10.1155/2014/154941 ↗)
- Inflammation Intestinal, Crohn's Disease, Barrier Dysfunction Intestinal Epithelial – LI04, LI11, ST25, ST36, ST37, BL23, BL25, CV06, CV09 (doi:10.3748/wjg.v21.i16.4986 ↗)
- Constipation Functional, Stool Hard, Constipation Chronic, Defecation Difficulty – ST25, ST36, ST37, BL25, BL33, BL34, TB06, CV04, CV06 (doi:10.1155/2015/396396 ↗)
- Lower Back Pain – BL23, BL24, BL25, BL40, GB30, GV03, GV04, GV05 (doi:10.1155/2015/808425 ↗)
- Leg Pain, Low-back Pain, Spinal-stenosis Lumbar, Claudication Neurological – SP06, SP09, BL23, BL25, BL56, BL57, GB30, GB34, GB39, GV03, GV04 (doi:10.1155/2015/263898 ↗)
- Sciatica, Leg Pain, Low-back Pain, Paresthesia Leg, Disability Lumbar – BL25 (doi:10.1155/2017/9502718 ↗)
- Stenosis Lumbar Spinal, Radiculopathy L5, Claudication Neurogenic, Lower Extremity Pain, Gluteal Pain – BL23, BL25, BL40, BL53, BL54, BL57, GB34 (doi:10.1186/s12906-018-2087-y ↗)
- Low Back Chronic Pain – BL23, BL24, BL25, BL26, BL40, BL60, GV03 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000010790 ↗)
- Constipation Functional, Stool Hard, Defecation Infrequent, Defecation Incomplete – ST25, ST27, BL25, BL52 (doi:10.1186/s12906-018-2243-4 ↗)
- Low Back Pain, Disability Lumbar, Sprain Lumbar, Sprain Lumbar Acute – ST25, BL23, BL24, BL25 (doi:10.3831/KPI.2018.21.015 ↗)
- Radicular Pain, Low-back Pain, Lumbar Disc Herniation, Paresthesia Lower-limb, Disc-herniation Lumbar – BL23, BL24, BL25, BL26, BL40, BL60, GB03, GV03 (doi:10.1155/2018/5871657 ↗)
- Chronic Pain, Back Low Pain, Disability Lumbar – BL23, BL24, BL25, BL26, BL40, BL60, GB30, GB31, GV03 (doi:10.1186/s13063-018-3049-x ↗)
- Lumbar Pain, Lower Back Pain – BL23, BL25, BL40 (doi:10.1155/2019/4024501 ↗)
- Coccyx Pain, Low-back Pain, Fracture Coccyx, Coccydynia – BL23, BL25, BL32, GV20 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000018860 ↗)
- Low Back Pain, Paresthesia Lower Extremity, Disc Herniation Lumbar, Radiating Lower Extremity Pain, Lower Extremity Weakness – BL23, BL24, BL25, BL26, BL40, BL60, GB03, GV03 (doi:10.2147/JPR.S234761 ↗)
- Diarrhea, Abdominal Pain, Ulcerative Colitis, Blood In Stool – ST25, ST36, SP04, BL20, BL21, BL23, BL25, KD03, CV04, CV12 (doi:10.1186/s12906-020-03101-4 ↗)
- Diarrhea, Abdominal Pain, Ulcerative Colitis, Blood In Stool – ST25, ST36, ST37, SP06, SP15, BL25, LV03, CV03, CV04, CV06 (doi:10.1186/s12906-020-03101-4 ↗)
- Diarrhea, Abdominal Pain, Ulcerative Colitis, Blood In Stool – ST25, ST36, SP06, BL25, CV04, CV06, GV01 (doi:10.1186/s12906-020-03101-4 ↗)
- Diarrhea, Abdominal Pain, Ulcerative Colitis, Blood In Stool – ST25, ST36, SP06, BL25, CV04, CV06, GV01 (doi:10.1186/s12906-020-03101-4 ↗)
- Diarrhea, Abdominal Pain, Ulcerative Colitis, Blood In Stool – ST25, ST36, SP06, BL25, CV04, CV06, GV01 (doi:10.1186/s12906-020-03101-4 ↗)
- Diarrhea, Abdominal Pain, Ulcerative Colitis, Blood In Stool – ST25, ST36, SP04, BL16, BL20, BL21, BL22, BL25, KD03, CV04, GV02, GV06 (doi:10.1186/s12906-020-03101-4 ↗)
- Diarrhea, Abdominal Pain, Ulcerative Colitis, Blood In Stool – ST25, ST36, SP06, BL25, CV04, CV06, GV01 (doi:10.1186/s12906-020-03101-4 ↗)
- Diarrhea, Abdominal Pain, Ulcerative Colitis, Blood In Stool – ST25, ST36, SP06, BL25, CV04, CV06, GV01 (doi:10.1186/s12906-020-03101-4 ↗)
- Back Low Chronic Pain – BL23, BL24, BL25, BL26, BL40, BL60, GV03 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000022526 ↗)
- Diarrhea Functional, Stool Loose, Diarrhea Chronic, Watery Diarrhea, Depression Comorbid, Anxiety Comorbid – ST25, BL25 (doi:10.1155/2022/2564979 ↗)
- Tenesmus, Diarrhea, Abdominal Pain, Colitis Ulcerative, Bleeding Rectal – ST25, ST37, BL25, CV04, CV06 (doi:10.1155/2022/8362892 ↗)
- Disability Low Back, Low Back Chronic Pain, Low Back Non-specific Pain – BL23, BL24, BL25, GB30 (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0269282 ↗)
- Tremor, Parkinson's Disease, Low Back Pain, Bradykinesia, Postural Deformity Pisa Syndrome, Scoliosis Lateral Trunk Flexion, Muscle Rigidity Paraspinal – BL22, BL23, BL24, BL25 (doi:10.12998/wjcc.v10.i30.11023 ↗)
- Constipation Functional, Constipation Chronic, Constipation Functional Chronic – LI11, ST25, ST36, ST37, BL25 (doi:10.1007/s10103-023-03727-z ↗)
- Leg Weakness, Low-back Pain, Claudication Neurogenic, Lower-extremity Pain, Stenosis Lumbar-spinal – BL23, BL24, BL25, BL26, BL40, BL60, GB30, GB31, GV03 (doi:10.2147/JPR.S399132 ↗)
- Leg Weakness, Low-back Pain, Claudication Neurogenic, Lower-extremity Pain, Stenosis Lumbar-spinal – BL23, BL24, BL25, BL26, BL40, BL60, GB30, GB31, GV03 (doi:10.2147/JPR.S399132 ↗)
- Leg Numbness, Lumbar Pain, Back Low Pain, Lower-limb Pain, Lower-limb Numbness, Disc-herniation Lumbar, Herniation Disc Lumbar – SP06, BL22, BL23, BL24, BL25, BL26, BL40, KD03, GB30 (doi:10.12998/wjcc.v11.i10.2308 ↗)
- Headache, Sore Throat, Joint Pain, Muscle Pain, Fatigue Chronic, Sleep Unrefreshing, Memory Impaired, Fatigue Post-exertional, Cold Intolerance, Concentration Impaired, Yang Deficiency Spleen-kidney, Lumbar Weakness – BL11, BL13, BL14, BL15, BL17, BL18, BL19, BL20, BL21, BL22, BL23, BL25, GV02, GV03, GV04, GV05, GV06, GV07, GV08, GV09, GV10, GV11, GV12, GV13, GV14 (doi:10.1186/s12967-023-04250-z ↗)
- Back Pain, Lumbar Pain, Low Back Pain, Back Low Pain, Disability Functional, Lumbosacral Pain – BL23, BL25, BL26, BL54 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000034407 ↗)
- Low-back Pain, Lower-leg Radiating Pain, Buttock Referred Pain, Claudication Neurogenic Intermittent, Stenosis Lumbar Degenerative – BL23, BL24, BL25, BL40, BL60, GB30 (doi:10.3390/medicina59122166 ↗)
- Sciatica, Lumbar Pain, Low Back Pain, Lumbar Disc Herniation, Disc-herniation Lumbar, Lower-extremity Right Pain, Leg Right Numbness, Scoliosis Lumbar – BL23, BL24, BL25, BL26, BL36, BL37, BL40, BL57, BL60, GB30 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000036684 ↗)
- Low Back Chronic Pain, Back Low Chronic Pain – BL23, BL24, BL25 (doi:10.1016/j.jams.2019.04.005 ↗)
- Lumbar Pain, Radiculopathy Lumbar, Herniation Disc Lumbar – BL25, BL26 (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗)
- Postoperative Pain, Uterine Contraction Pain, Postoperative Cesarean Pain, Incision Pain – ST36, SP06, BL17, BL23, BL25 (doi:10.13702/j.1000-0607.20210959 ↗)
- Osteoporosis, Back Low Pain, Muscle Weakness Skeletal, Sarcopenia – BL18, BL23, BL25, GV03, GV04 (doi:10.13702/j.1000-0607.20210812 ↗)
Most often selected alongside BL25
How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with BL25. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.
- BL23Kidney Shu Point214 protocols
- BL40Middle Of The Crease123 protocols
- ST25Celestial Pivot84 protocols
- GB30Jumping Circle82 protocols
- ST36Leg Three Miles80 protocols
- GV03Yang Lumbar Gate78 protocols
- BL24Sea Of Qi Shu Point72 protocols
- BL60Kunlun (Mountains)57 protocols
- GB34Yang Mound Spring52 protocols
- BL26Original Qi Gate Shu Point51 protocols
- GV04Life Gate44 protocols
- CV04Original Qi Gate43 protocols