XB02L3 Huatuojiaji – acupuncture point

Location

0.5 - 1 thumb width lateral to the depressions below the spinous processes of the third lumbar vertebra.

Cautions

Caution near spinal cord; avoid deep perpendicular needling.

Indications

Conditions for which XB02L3 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.

Circulation BloodBladder DisorderLarge Intestine DisorderLeg DisorderSmall Intestine DisorderUterus DisorderQi Stagnation

TCM actions

What classical sources say XB02L3 does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the point, not a condition.

Benefit Regulate Five ZangBenefit Regulate Six FuBenefit Regulate YangBenefit Regulate YinRegulate Five ZangRegulate Six FuRegulate YangRegulate Yin

Protocols using XB02L3

Leg Swelling, Gait Impaired, Stiff Skin Syndrome, Skin Sclerosis, Limited Joint Mobility – BL40, GB29, GB30, GB31, GB34, XB02L2, XB02L3, XB02L4, MS08 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20240824-k0002 ↗)
Low Back Pain, Stenosis Lumbar Spinal, Claudication Neurogenic – BL23, BL25, BL28, XB02L1, XB02L2, XB02L3, XB02L4, XB02L5 (doi:10.1016/j.imr.2026.101323 ↗)
Sciatica, Low Back Pain – BL23, BL25, GB30, XB02L1, XB02L2, XB02L3, XB02L4, XB02L5 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20210405-k0004 ↗)
Back Low Pain, Low Back Pain – BL23, BL25, BL40, GV03, XB02L1, XB02L2, XB02L3 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20210613-k0002 ↗)
Fatigue, Fatigue Post-stroke – PC06, GV26, XB02L1, XB02L2, XB02L3, XB02L4, XB02L5, XB02T1, XB02T10, XB02T11, XB02T12, XB02T2, XB02T3, XB02T4, XB02T5, XB02T6, XB02T7, XB02T8, XB02T9 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20211104-0002 ↗)
Low Back Pain, Low Back Acute Pain – SP06, BL23, BL24, BL25, BL26, BL40, XB02L3, XB02L4, XB02L5 (doi:10.3390/healthcare11222939 ↗)
Low Back Pain, Low Back Acute Pain – SP06, BL23, BL24, BL25, BL26, BL40, GV03, GV04, XB02L3, XB02L4, XB02L5 (doi:10.3390/healthcare11222939 ↗)
Buttock Pain, Gluteal Pain – SP06, BL40, BL54, GB30, GB34, XB02L1, XB02L2, XB02L3, XB02L4, XB02L5 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.2016.10.011 ↗)
Low Back Pain, Lumbar Disc Herniation – BL23, GV03, GV04, XB02L1, XB02L2, XB02L3, XB02L4, XB02L5 (doi:10.2147/JPR.S457724 ↗)
Low Back Pain, Lumbar Disc Herniation – BL23, BL25, BL40, XB02L1, XB02L2, XB02L3, XB02L4, XB02L5 (doi:10.2147/JPR.S457724 ↗)
Low Back Chronic Pain, Lumbar Disc Herniation – BL23, BL25, BL40, GV03, XB02L3, XB02L4, XB02L5 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20240522-k0002 ↗)
Stiff Skin Syndrome, Skin Sclerosis – BL40, GB29, GB30, GB31, GB34, XB02L2, XB02L3, XB02L4, MS08 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20240824-k0002 ↗)
Leg Pain, Low Back Pain, Spinal Stenosis Lumbar Degenerative, Claudication Neurogenic – ST36, ST40, BL22, BL23, BL24, BL25, BL26, BL53, BL54, GB30, GB31, GB34, LV03, GV03, GV04, GV05, XB02L1, XB02L2, XB02L3, XB02L4, XB02L5 (doi:10.1016/j.imr.2025.101204 ↗)
Leg Pain, Low Back Pain, Spinal Stenosis Lumbar Degenerative, Claudication Neurogenic – SP09, BL23, BL25, BL32, BL39, BL40, BL51, BL52, BL54, BL57, BL60, GB30, GB34, GB39, GV03, XB02L1, XB02L2, XB02L3, XB02L4, XB02L5 (doi:10.1016/j.imr.2025.101204 ↗)
Low Back Pain, Spinal Stenosis Lumbar Degenerative, Stenosis Lumbar Spinal, Claudication Neurogenic – BL23, BL24, BL25, BL40, BL60, GB30, XB02L2, XB02L3, XB02L4, XB02L5 (doi:10.3390/medicina62010225 ↗)
Back Low Pain, Claudication Neurogenic, Leg Radiating Pain, Spinal Stenosis Lumbar – BL23, BL25, BL28, XB02L1, XB02L2, XB02L3, XB02L4, XB02L5 (doi:10.1016/j.imr.2026.101323 ↗)
Lung Cancer, Hip Pain, Bone Metastasis – ST32, ST36, BL23, BL25, BL54, BL60, GB31, GB34, GB41, LV03, XB02L2, XB02L3, XB02L4, XB02L5 (doi:10.3389/fonc.2026.1684346 ↗)
Low Back Pain, Lumbar Disc Herniation – BL23, BL25, BL40, XB02L3, XB02L4, XB02L5, XB02S1 (doi:10.2147/JPR.S594368 ↗)
Spasticity Lower Limb Post-stroke, Spastic Hemiplegia – LI14, LI15, BL36, GB30, XB02C2, XB02C3, XB02C4, XB02C5, XB02C6, XB02C7, XB02L1, XB02L2, XB02L3, XB02L4, XB02L5, XB02S1, XB02T10, XB02T11, XB02T12, XB02T2, XB02T3, XB02T4, XB02T5, XB02T6, XB02T7, XB02T8, XB02T9 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20250715-k0001 ↗)
Low Back Pain, Lumbar Disc Herniation – BL23, BL40, GV03, XB02L3, XB02L4, XB02L5 (doi:10.2147/jpr.s566903 ↗)
Low Back Pain, Third Lumbar Vertebrae Transverse Process Syndrome – BL24, BL40, XB02L2, XB02L3, XB02L4 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.2017.08.003 ↗)
Cerebral Palsy – GV03, GV04, XB02L2, XB02L3, XB02L4, XB02L5 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.2018.06.007 ↗)
Lumbar Disc Herniation – BL40, GB30, XB02L3, XB02L4, XB02L5 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.2019.05.001 ↗)
Labor Pain – BL32, XB02L1, XB02L2, XB02L3, XB02T10, XB02T11, XB02T12 (doi:10.1016/s0254-6272(15)30149-7 ↗)
Lumbar Disc Herniation – BL25, XB02L3, XB02L4, XB02L5, XB02S1 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20220215-k0006 ↗)
Constipation – LI04, ST25, ST36, ST37, SP06, SP15, BL25, TB06, CV04, CV06, XB02L1, XB02L2, XB02L3, XB02L4, XB02L5, XB02T10, XB02T11, XB02T12 (Deadman, Al-Khafaji & Baker, A Manual of Acupuncture – point group actions)
Diarrhea – ST25, ST36, ST37, SP03, SP06, SP09, BL25, CV06, CV08, XB02L1, XB02L2, XB02L3, XB02L4, XB02L5, XB02T10, XB02T11, XB02T12 (Deadman, Al-Khafaji & Baker, A Manual of Acupuncture – point group actions)
Diabetes – LU10, ST36, SP06, BL13, BL23, KD03, CV06, XB02L1, XB02L2, XB02L3, XB02L4, XB02L5, XB02T11, XB02T12 (Chen Jirui, Nissi Wang (eds). Acupuncture Case Histories from China. Seattle: Eastland Press, 1988)
Diabetes – ST36, SP06, BL20, BL23, GB34, CV03, XB02L1, XB02L2, XB02L3, XB02L4, XB02L5, XB02T11, XB02T12 (Chen Jirui, Nissi Wang (eds). Acupuncture Case Histories from China. Seattle: Eastland Press, 1988)
Quadriplegia, Myelitis Acute – LI10, LI15, SP06, BL18, BL23, TB08, GB34, GB39, XB02C2, XB02C3, XB02C4, XB02C5, XB02C7, XB02L2, XB02L3, XB02L4, XB02L5, XB02T1 (Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994)
Quadriplegia, Myelitis Acute – ST40, SP06, SP09, KD06, PC06, XB02C2, XB02C3, XB02C4, XB02C5, XB02C7, XB02L2, XB02L3, XB02L4, XB02L5, XB02T1 (Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994)
Schizophrenia, Hallucinations Auditory, Hallucinations Visual – XB02L2, XB02L3, XB02L5, XB02T10, XB02T11, XB02T12, XB02T5, XB02T7 (Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994)
Low Back Pain, Lumbar Spondylosis – BL23, BL25, BL52, XB02L2, XB02L3, XB02L4, XB02L5 (Zhu Bing, Wang Hongcai (eds). Case Studies from the Medical Records of Leading Chinese Acupuncture Experts. London: Singing Dragon, 2011)
Low Back Pain – ST25, ST36, ST41, SP06, SP09, BL40, BL60, KD03, GB30, GB31, LV03, CV04, CV06, GV20, XB02L1, XB02L2, XB02L3, XB02L4, XB02L5, XB02T1, XB02T10, XB02T11, XB02T12, XB02T2, XB02T3, XB02T4, XB02T5, XB02T6, XB02T7, XB02T8, XB02T9 (Liu XH. Biomechanical changes of acupuncture treatment for lower back range of motion. MSc thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2014. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14783/11457)
Qi Stagnation, Stasis Blood, Paralysis (infant), Benefit Regulate Yin, Benefit Regulate Wei, Paralysis Lower Limb, Qi Stagnation, Stasis Blood, Paralysis (infant), Benefit Regulate Yin, Benefit Regulate Wei, Paralysis Lower Limb – ST31, ST36, ST41, SP06, BL60, GB30, GB34, GB39, XB02L1, XB02L2, XB02L3, XB02L4, XB02L5 (sacredlotus.com ↗)

Most often selected alongside XB02L3

How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with XB02L3. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.

XB02L4Hua Tuo's Para-Vertebral Point - L432 protocols
XB02L5Hua Tuo's Para-Vertebral Point - L530 protocols
XB02L2Hua Tuo's Para-Vertebral Point - L228 protocols
BL23Kidney Shu Point19 protocols
XB02L1Hua Tuo's Para-Vertebral Point - L118 protocols
BL25Large Intestine Shu Point17 protocols
BL40Middle Of The Crease15 protocols
GB30Jumping Circle11 protocols
SP06Three Yin Intersection11 protocols
GB34Yang Mound Spring9 protocols
XB02T11Hua Tuo's Para-Vertebral Point - T119 protocols
XB02T12Hua Tuo's Para-Vertebral Point - T129 protocols

XB02L3 Huatuojiaji (Hua Tuo's Para-Vertebral Point - L3)