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Indications
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Protocols
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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.
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 WastingBackBenefit Regulate IntestinesStomach 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 ProlapseRegulate Intestines StagnationBlood in StoolUndigested Food in StoolBi Arthralgia Leg SyndromeBi / Arthralgia Leg SyndromeBack Lumbar WeaknessLeg WeaknessWeight Low Despite Appetite
Protocols using BL25
The 50 best-sourced of 264, ranked by strength of evidence. The count above is the full figure.
- 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 ↗)
- Disability Low Back, Low Back Chronic Pain – ST04, ST36, SP13, SP14, BL23, BL24, BL25, BL37, BL40, GB12, GB26, GB30, GB34, GB41, GV03, GV04, GV05, GV24, GV26 (doi:10.1186/1471-2474-11-118 ↗)
- Back Low Pain, Disability Functional – BL23, BL24, BL25 (doi:10.1186/1745-6215-12-146 ↗)
- Sciatica, Leg Pain, Low Back Pain, Radiculopathy, Lower Extremity Numbness – BL25, BL40 (doi:10.1186/1745-6215-12-226 ↗)
- Sciatica, Leg Pain, Low Back Pain, Radiculopathy, Lower Extremity Numbness – BL25, GV02 (doi:10.1186/1745-6215-12-226 ↗)
- Back Low Pain, Acute Pain, Referred Pain – LI04, BL23, BL25, BL40, BL52, BL54, BL58, BL62, KD03, GB30, LV03 (doi:10.1186/1745-6215-12-241 ↗)
- Constipation Functional – ST25, BL25 (doi:10.1186/1745-6215-13-104 ↗)
- Constipation Functional – LI11, ST25, ST37, BL25 (doi:10.1186/1745-6215-13-104 ↗)
- Low Back Chronic Pain, Musculoskeletal Pain – BL23, BL24, BL25, GB30, GV03, GV04, GV05 (doi:10.1186/1745-6215-14-16 ↗)
- 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 ↗)
- Back Low Chronic Pain – BL23, BL24, BL25, BL40, BL60, KD03, GB34 (doi:10.1155/2013/125937 ↗)
- Low Back Pain, Spondylolisthesis – BL23, BL24, BL25, BL40, BL60, GB30, GB31, GV03 (doi:10.1186/1745-6215-15-105 ↗)
- 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 ↗)
- Low Back Pain, Lower Limb Pain, Lumbar Disc Herniation, Radiculopathy Lumbar – BL25, BL40, GB30, GB34, GB39, GB40 (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 ↗)
- Bloating, Diarrhea, Abdominal Pain, Diarrhea Irritable-bowel-syndrome, Stool Frequency Increased – ST25, BL25 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000003884 ↗)
- Bloating, Diarrhea, Abdominal Pain, Diarrhea Irritable-bowel-syndrome, Stool Frequency Increased – LI11, ST25, ST37, BL25 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000003884 ↗)
- Leg Pain, Lower Back Pain, Buttock Pain, Lower Extremity Numbness, Claudication Intermittent, Spinal Stenosis Lumbar Degenerative – BL23, BL25, BL40, BL57, KD03 (doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012821 ↗)
- 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 ↗)
- Back Low Pain, Claudication Neurogenic, Leg Radiating Pain, Spondylolisthesis Lumbar Degenerative – LI04, ST36, BL22, BL23, BL24, BL25, LV03 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000010667 ↗)
- 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 ↗)
- Leg Pain, Lower Back Pain, Disc Herniation Lumbar – BL23, BL24, BL25, BL26, BL40, BL60, GB30, GV03 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000011951 ↗)
- Low Back Pain, Disability Lumbar, Sprain Lumbar – ST25, BL23, BL24, BL25 (doi:10.3831/KPI.2018.21.015 ↗)
- Chronic Pain, Back Lower Pain – BL23, BL24, BL25, BL40, GB30, GV03, GV04, GV05 (doi:10.1155/2018/4510909 ↗)
- Radicular Pain, Low-back Pain, Paresthesia Lower-limb, Disc-herniation Lumbar – BL23, BL24, BL25, BL26, BL40, BL60, GB03, GV03 (doi:10.1155/2018/5871657 ↗)
- Low Back Chronic Pain – BL23, BL24, BL25 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000013047 ↗)
- 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 ↗)
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 Point173 protocols
- BL40Middle Of The Crease105 protocols
- BL24Sea Of Qi Shu Point69 protocols
- GB30Jumping Circle67 protocols
- ST25Celestial Pivot66 protocols
- ST36Leg Three Miles65 protocols
- GV03Yang Lumbar Gate64 protocols
- BL60Kunlun (Mountains)47 protocols
- BL26Original Qi Gate Shu Point43 protocols
- GB34Yang Mound Spring42 protocols
- GV04Life Gate38 protocols
- CV04Original Qi Gate36 protocols