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Indications
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Protocols
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Location
On the midline of the lower back, in the depression the below the spinous process of the fifth lumbar vertebra (l5).
Cautions
Caution in sacral conditions.
Indications
Conditions for which XB08 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.
Urinary ProblemsUrination Low ProblemsPainLower Back PainLeg PainPregnancy Foetus Pressing BladderChannel Stagnation
TCM actions
What classical sources say XB08 does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the point, not a condition.
Benefit Tonify KidneysTonify Kidneys
Protocols using XB08
- Osteoarthritis Knee, Joint Knee Pain – ST35, GB33, GV03, XB08, XL05A (doi:10.2147/jpr.s571098 ↗)
- Infertility Female, Diminished Ovarian Reserve, Infertility Diminished-ovarian-reserve – ST25, BL17, BL23, BL32, BL33, CV04, CV06, GV04, XB08, XC01 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20210901-k0002 ↗)
- Premature Ovarian Failure – ST25, ST28, ST29, ST36, SP06, SP09, SP10, BL17, BL18, BL20, BL23, BL32, KD03, KD12, LV03, CV04, XB08, XC01 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.2019.11.012 ↗)
- Dysmenorrhea Secondary, Adenomyosis – ST36, SP06, SP08, BL32, CV04, XB08, XC01 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20190630-0002 ↗)
- Lumbar Disc Herniation – GB30, GB34, GV03, XB08 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.2017.05.004 ↗)
- Osteoarthritis Knee – ST35, GB33, GV03, XB08, XL05A (doi:10.2147/JPR.S571098 ↗)
- Dysmenorrhea Primary – SP06, SP08, BL32, XB08 (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗)
- Infertility Ivf, Diminished Ovarian Reserve – GV04, XB08 (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗)
- Dysmenorrhea – ST25, SP04, SP06, SP10, BL23, BL32, GB27, GB28, LV03, CV04, XB08 (Deadman, Al-Khafaji & Baker, A Manual of Acupuncture – point group actions)
- Paraplegia Traumatic, Spinal Cord Injury, Incontinence Urinary – ST36, BL32, BL36, BL37, BL54, GB30, GB34, GB39, GV02, GV03, XB08 (Henry C. Lu. Clinical Cases of Acupuncture)
- Paralysis Paraplegia – ST36, SP06, BL18, BL23, BL40, BL60, GB30, GB34, GV03, GV04, GV06, GV08, XB08 (Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994)
- Sciatica, Low Back Pain, Lumbar Disc Herniation – BL25, BL40, GB30, GB34, GB36, XB02L4, XB02L5, XB08 (Zhu Bing, Wang Hongcai (eds). Case Studies from the Medical Records of Leading Chinese Acupuncture Experts. London: Singing Dragon, 2011)
Most often selected alongside XB08
How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with XB08. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.
- BL32Second Bone Hole6 protocols
- GV03Yang Lumbar Gate5 protocols
- SP06Three Yin Intersection5 protocols
- BL23Kidney Shu Point4 protocols
- CV04Original Qi Gate4 protocols
- GB30Jumping Circle4 protocols
- GB34Yang Mound Spring4 protocols
- ST36Leg Three Miles4 protocols
- GV04Life Gate3 protocols
- ST25Celestial Pivot3 protocols
- XC01Child Palace (Uterus)3 protocols
- BL17Diaphragm Shu Point2 protocols