Location
4 thumb widths proximal to the dorsal crease of the wrist between radius and ulna.
No specific contraindications.
Indications
Conditions for which TB08 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.
Protocols using TB08
- Rib Pain – TB05, TB08, LV13 (doi:10.1155/2012/268237 ↗)
- Head Pain, Headache Migraine, Headache Unilateral – TB08, TB19, GB33 (doi:10.1186/s12967-014-0351-6 ↗)
- Headache Migraine, Migraine Without Aura – TB08, GB33, GB42 (doi:10.1016/j.nicl.2017.05.013 ↗)
- Gastric Emptying Delayed, Feeding Intolerance Enteral, Gastric Residual Volume High – ST36, ST37, ST39, SP03, PC06, TB08 (doi:10.1155/2017/1892161 ↗)
- Migraine Without Aura – TB08, GB33, GB42 (doi:10.1177/0333102416641665 ↗)
- Neck Chronic Pain – LI10, LI11, TB05, TB08 (YANG Xu-guang, LI Ying, TIAN Xiao-ping & LIANG Fan-rong. Comments on Selection of Non-acupoints beyond Meridians in Studies of Acupuncture and Moxibustion. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2010; 30(4): 309-313)
Most often selected alongside TB08
How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with TB08. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.
- GB33Yang Knee Gate3 protocols
- GB42Earth Fivefold Convergence2 protocols
- TB05Outer Gate2 protocols
- LI10Arm Three Miles1 protocols
- LI11Pond At The Bend1 protocols
- LV13Bright Gate1 protocols
- PC06Inner Gate1 protocols
- SP03Great White1 protocols
- ST36Leg Three Miles1 protocols
- ST37Upper Great Hollow1 protocols
- ST39Lower Great Hollow1 protocols
- TB19Skull Rest1 protocols
