XB06 Yaoyi (Serving The Waist Region)

腰宜yāo yíYaoyi

Extra Points: Back

Location of acupuncture point XB06 Yaoyi (Serving The Waist Region)
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Indications
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Protocols
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Location

3 thumb widths lateral to the midline, on the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 4th lumbar vertebra (l4)..

Cautions

Caution in acute low back injury.

Indications

Conditions for which XB06 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.

TCM actions

What classical sources say XB06 does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the point, not a condition.

Open ChannelOpen Luo Vessels

Protocols using XB06

  • Lumbar Lower Back Pain, Sprain Lumbar Acute – BL23, BL25, BL26, BL40, XB06 (Chen Jirui, Nissi Wang (eds). Acupuncture Case Histories from China. Seattle: Eastland Press, 1988)

Most often selected alongside XB06

How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with XB06. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.

  • BL23Kidney Shu Point1 protocols
  • BL25Large Intestine Shu Point1 protocols
  • BL26Original Qi Gate Shu Point1 protocols
  • BL40Middle Of The Crease1 protocols