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Indications
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Protocols
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Location
3 thumb widths lateral to the GV07 at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 10th thoracic vertebra.
Cautions
Avoid deep perpendicular needling due to risk of pneumothorax.
Indications
Conditions for which BL48 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.
Loss of AppetiteStomach RumblingDiarrheaDiarrhoea BloodAbdominal BloatingDysenteryDefecation Irregular ProblemsHeatIndolenceJaundice EyesJaundice FaceAbdominal PainRib PainDamp Heat SyndromeDamp-heat SyndromeUrination DarkUrination Hesitant
TCM actions
What classical sources say BL48 does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the point, not a condition.
Benefit DigestionBenefit Regulate GallbladderBenefit Regulate Jiao LowerRegulate GallbladderRegulate Jiao Lower
Protocols using BL48
- Fatigue, Anxiety, Insomnia, Cognitive Impairment, Depression Major, Mood Dysphoric – LI04, ST08, SP06, BL13, BL17, BL19, BL42, BL46, BL48, KD01, LV03, CV06, CV12, CV15, GV20, XH03 (doi:10.3389/fmed.2022.761419 ↗)
- Depression, Acute Depressive Disorder – BL13, BL17, BL19, BL42, BL46, BL48, KD01 (doi:10.2147/NDT.S601078 ↗)
- Anxiety, Sleep Disorder, Depression Subthreshold – BL13, BL17, BL18, BL19, BL42, BL46, BL47, BL48, CV11, CV12 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20250609-0004 ↗)
- Renal Colic Pain – BL21, BL22, BL23, BL24, BL26, BL45, BL46, BL47, BL48, BL49 (doi:10.2147/JPR.S136299 ↗)
- Renal Colic Pain – BL21, BL22, BL23, BL24, BL26, BL45, BL46, BL47, BL48, BL49 (Acupuncture Versus Titrated Morphine in Patients With Renal Colic. ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02781415)
- Jaundice – SI03, SI04, BL19, BL48, KD01, KD07, PC08, CV12, GV09 (杨薇付修文李月玲杨华升. 古代针灸歌赋中治疗黄疸的穴位分析. 继续医学教育 ., 2018 [CNKI])
- Cerebral Thrombosis, Vision Loss – LI03, SI06, SI07, BL02, BL10, BL18, BL19, BL48, BL58, GB14, GB15, GB16, GB20, GB37 (Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994)
- Jaundice, Jaundice Yin, Jaundice Yin – ST36, SP09, BL18, BL19, BL20, BL48, GV09 (sacredlotus.com ↗)
Most often selected alongside BL48
How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with BL48. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.
- BL19Gallbladder Shu Point6 protocols
- BL46Diaphragm Gate5 protocols
- BL13Lung Shu Point3 protocols
- BL17Diaphragm Shu Point3 protocols
- BL18Liver Shu Point3 protocols
- BL42Door Of The Corporeal Soul3 protocols
- BL47Ethereal Soul Gate3 protocols
- CV12Stomach Centre3 protocols
- KD01Bubbling Spring3 protocols
- BL21Stomach Shu Point2 protocols
- BL22Sanjiao Shu Point2 protocols
- BL23Kidney Shu Point2 protocols