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Indications
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Protocols
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Location
4 thumb widths above the tip of the external malleolus slightly anterior to the anterior border of the fibula, between extensor digitorum longus and peroneus brevis.
No specific contraindications.
Indications
Conditions for which GB38 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.
Benefit BonesBenefit Regulate ShaoyangBenefit Tendon LigamentBenefit Tendon / LigamentChillsCommon ColdComplexion Qing Blue GreenComplexion Qing Blue-greenFeverHeat GallbladderHemiplegiaTendon Ligament Contraction StiffnessToe Extensor Strain StiffnessImmobility Tendon / Ligament ContractionImmobility Toe Extensor StrainMalariaNumbnessLeg Lateral NumbnessOedema Below KneePainAnkle Malleolus Lateral PainArmpit PainBack Lumbar Acute PainBack Lumbar Like Small Hammer PainBack Middle PainChest PainRib PainEye Canthus Lateral PainMigraineHeadache One-sided PainHundred Joints PainJoints Wandering PainSupraclavicular Fossa PainPharyngitisQi LegRegulate ShaoyangScrofulaSitting In Water Back Lumbar SensationShiveringSighing ExcessiveChannel StagnationSweating SwellingBi Arthralgia Leg SyndromeBi / Arthralgia Leg SyndromeBi Arthralgia Wind SyndromeBi / Arthralgia Wind SyndromeTaste Bitterness
Protocols using GB38
- Otitis Media, Otitis Media Effusion, Ear Effusion, Ear Discharge – SI05, KD02, TB05, TB06, GB38, GB41 (doi:10.1093/ecam/neh102 ↗)
- Fatigue, Dizziness, Tinnitus, Headache, Constipation, Depression, Insomnia, Itchiness, Edema, Palpitation, Knee Pain, Back Pain, Vision Blurred, Cervical Pain, Stiffness Shoulder, Cramp Leg, Lower-limb Pain, Upper-limb Numbness, Lower-limb Numbness, Hemodialysis Complication – LU05, LU09, LI02, LI11, ST41, ST45, SP02, SP05, HT07, HT09, SI03, SI08, BL65, BL67, KD01, KD07, PC07, PC09, TB03, TB10, GB38, GB43, LV02, LV08 (doi:10.1155/2015/802846 ↗)
- Hypertension, Blood Pressure Elevated – LI06, LI07, GB37, GB38, GB39 (doi:10.1089/acu.2015.1106 ↗)
- Arthralgia, Joint Pain, Painful Obstruction Syndrome – LU05, LI04, LI11, BL17, BL40, TB10, GB30, GB31, GB34, GB38 (doi:10.16808/j.cnki.issn1003-7705.2025.05.008 ↗)
Most often selected alongside GB38
How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with GB38. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.
- LI11Pond At The Bend2 protocols
- LU05Cubit Marsh2 protocols
- TB10Heavenly Well2 protocols
- BL17Diaphragm Shu Point1 protocols
- BL40Middle Of The Crease1 protocols
- BL65Restraining Bone1 protocols
- BL67Reaching Yin1 protocols
- GB30Jumping Circle1 protocols
- GB31Wind Market1 protocols
- GB34Yang Mound Spring1 protocols
- GB37Bright Light1 protocols
- GB39Suspended Bell1 protocols