16
Indications
3
Protocols
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Location
1 thumb width above the BL39 on the medial side of the tendon of the biceps femoris; point is located with knee slightly flexed.
No specific contraindications.
Indications
Conditions for which BL38 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.
ContractionContraction Tendon Ligament Popliteal FossaContraction Tendon / Ligament Popliteal FossaContraction Thigh LateralCrampingTurmoil DisorderHeatHeat Small IntestineTendon Ligament StiffnessImmobility Tendon / LigamentKnotting Large IntestineMyalgia Thigh PosteriorButtock NumbnessPainThigh Lateral PainUrine Hot
TCM actions
What classical sources say BL38 does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the point, not a condition.
Benefit Knees Joints
Protocols using BL38
- Gait Impairment, Balance Disorder, Hemiplegia Post-stroke – SP10, SP11, BL37, BL38, GV20, MS06, MS12 (doi:10.19917/j.cnki.1005-0779.024045 ↗)
- Knee Pain, Osteoarthritis Knee, Stiffness Knee, Liver-kidney Deficiency, Wind-Cold-Damp Bi Syndrome – ST32, BL38, BL54, BL60, KD03, GB29, GB33, LV07 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20250424-k0005 ↗)
- Dryness Large Intestine, Dryness Large Intestine – BL25, BL38, KD16 (Yang Yong-Xuan, clinical point-selection notes)
Most often selected alongside BL38
How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with BL38. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.
- BL25Large Intestine Shu Point1 protocols
- BL37Gate Of Abundance1 protocols
- BL54Lowermost In Order1 protocols
- BL60Kunlun (Mountains)1 protocols
- GB29Squatting Bone Hole1 protocols
- GB33Yang Knee Gate1 protocols
- GV20100 Convergences1 protocols
- KD03Great Stream1 protocols
- KD16Vital Point1 protocols
- LV07Knee Joint1 protocols
- MS06Anterior Oblique Line of Vertex-Temporal1 protocols
- MS12Upper-Middle Line of Occiput1 protocols