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.
