XC01 Zigong (Child Palace (Uterus))

Location

On the abdomen, 3 thumb widths lateral to the midline, level with zongji ren-3.

Indications

Conditions for which XC01 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.

Protocols using XC01

• Abnormal Uterine Bleeding, Uterine Fibroids – SP06, CV03, CV04, CV06, XC01 (doi:10.1002/hsr2.71505 ↗)
• Obesity, Ovarian Cysts, PCOS, Insulin Resistance – ST29, SP06, KD03, CV04, XC01 (doi:10.3389/fendo.2025.1723419 ↗)
• Anxiety, Depression, Ovarian Cysts, PCOS – ST36, SP06, CV03, CV04, XC01 (doi:10.3389/fmed.2026.1738629 ↗)
• Anxiety, Depression, Ovarian Cysts, PCOS – SP06, BL18, BL20, BL23, CV04, GV20, XC01 (doi:10.3389/fmed.2026.1738629 ↗)
• Anxiety, Depression, Ovarian Cysts, PCOS – ST36, ST40, SP06, SP10, LV02, LV03, CV04, XC01 (doi:10.3389/fmed.2026.1738629 ↗)
• Infertility, Ovarian Cysts, PCOS, Insulin Resistance – ST25, ST36, ST40, KD12, GB13, GB26, LV03, CV04, CV06, CV12, GV20, GV24, XC01 (doi:10.3389/fmicb.2025.1730714 ↗)
• Infertility, Infertility Female – ST36, SP06, BL23, KD03, LV03, CV03, CV04, CV06, GV20, XC01 (doi:10.2147/IJWH.S578082 ↗)
• Infertility, Ovarian Cysts, PCOS, Hirsutism, Anovulation – LU07, LI04, ST28, ST29, ST36, SP04, SP06, SP10, KD06, PC06, LV03, CV03, CV04, CV06, XC01 (doi:10.1002/hsr2.72673 ↗)
• Infertility Recurrent Implantation Failure – ST29, ST36, BL23, BL32, PC06, LV03, CV04, GV20, XC01 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20230608-k0002 ↗)
• Pelvic Pain, Pelvic Chronic Pain, Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, Pelvic-inflammatory-disease – CV03, CV12, XC01 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20230224-k0002 ↗)
• Infertility Female, Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion, Miscarriage Recurrent, Hypercoagulability – ST36, SP06, SP09, SP10, KD03, CV04, CV06, CV08, XC01 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20240617-0001 ↗)
• Infertility Female, Poor Ovarian Response, Infertility Ivf, Diminished Ovarian Reserve, Response Ovarian Poor – ST25, ST36, SP06, BL23, BL33, KD03, KD12, GB13, LV03, CV04, CV12, GV20, GV24, XC01 (doi:10.3389/fendo.2026.1765527 ↗)
• Infertility, Infertility Female, Implantation Failure, Endometrium Thin – ST25, ST36, SP06, BL23, BL32, KD03, KD12, GB13, LV03, CV04, CV12, GV20, GV24, XC01 (doi:10.3389/fmed.2026.1811023 ↗)
• Pelvic Pain, Pelvic Congestion Syndrome – ST25, KD12, GB13, CV04, CV12, GV20, GV24, XC01 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20240108-k0004 ↗)
• Pelvic Pain, Abdomen Lower Pain, Pelvic Chronic Pain, Adenomyosis – ST25, SP06, BL23, BL32, BL33, BL35, CV03, CV04, CV12, XC01 (doi:10.2147/IJWH.S541559 ↗)
• Obesity, Infertility Female, PCOS, Hormonal Imbalance, Hormonal Imbalance Lh/fsh Ratio – ST25, SP06, BL23, BL32, KD03, KD12, GB13, LV03, CV04, CV12, GV20, GV24, XC01 (doi:10.3389/fendo.2024.1509152 ↗)
• Infertility Female, Hormonal Imbalance, Menstrual Irregularity, Diminished Ovarian Reserve – ST25, SP06, BL23, BL33, KD03, KD12, GB13, LV03, CV04, CV12, GV20, GV24, XC01 (doi:10.2147/IJWH.S580821 ↗)
• Absent Periods, Infertility Female, Hormonal Imbalance, Premature Ovarian Insufficiency – ST25, ST36, SP06, BL20, BL23, BL25, BL32, BL33, BL52, GB13, LV03, CV04, CV06, CV10, CV12, GV20, GV24, XC01 (doi:10.2147/IJWH.S586584 ↗)
• Infertility, Ovarian Problems, Diminished Ovarian Reserve – ST29, ST36, SP06, KD03, LV03, CV03, CV04, XC01 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20190925-0003 ↗)
• Dysmenorrhea, Endometriosis, Dyspareunia, Pelvic Pain – LI04, ST29, SP06, SP08, SP10, BL32, PC06, LV03, CV03, CV06, XC01 (doi:10.3389/fpain.2024.1279312 ↗)
• Endometriosis Ovarian, Dysmenorrhea Endometriosis – SP10, CV04, XC01 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20191011-0002 ↗)
• PCOS – ST36, SP06, CV04, CV06, XC01 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20191022-k0006 ↗)
• Pelvic Pain, Pelvic Inflammatory Disease – ST28, CV04, CV06, XC01 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20200713-0002 ↗)
• 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 ↗)
• Diminished Ovarian Reserve – ST25, BL33, CV04, XC01 (doi:10.1136/acupmed-2015-011014 ↗)
• Infertility Female, Fallopian Tube Obstruction Bilateral, Diminished Ovarian Reserve – ST25, BL32, BL33, CV04, XC01 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000017160 ↗)
• Infertility Female, Infertility Ivf – ST29, ST36, SP08, SP10, BL23, KD03, CV04, CV12, XC01 (doi:10.1186/s12958-022-00997-0 ↗)
• Pelvic Floor Dysfunction Postpartum – SP06, BL23, CV04, XC01 (doi:10.3389/fmed.2026.1782551 ↗)
• Dysmenorrhea Primary – ST25, ST29, CV03, CV04, CV06, CV08, XC01 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000023798 ↗)
• Insomnia, Depression Perimenopausal, Insomnia Perimenopausal – SP06, KD03, PC06, LV03, CV04, CV07, GV20, XC01, XH03 (doi:10.3389/fpubh.2023.1120567 ↗)
• Infertility, Infertility Female, Infertility Ivf – ST25, SP06, BL23, BL32, KD03, KD12, LV03, CV04, CV12, GV20, XC01, XH03 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000034768 ↗)
• Infertility, Infertility Female, Infertility Recurrent Implantation Failure – ST29, ST36, BL23, BL32, PC06, LV03, CV04, GV20, XC01 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20230608-k0002 ↗)
• Infertility, Oligomenorrhea, Premature Ovarian Insufficiency – SP06, SP10, BL18, BL20, BL23, BL32, KD16, CV04, CV06, XC01 (doi:10.3389/fmed.2024.1357824 ↗)
• Obesity, PCOS, Menstruation Irregular – ST25, SP06, BL23, BL32, KD03, KD12, GB13, LV03, CV04, CV12, GV20, GV24, XC01 (doi:10.3389/fendo.2024.1509152 ↗)
• 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 ↗)
• Ascites – BL20, BL23, CV03, CV04, CV06, CV08, CV09, CV12, GV04, XC01 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.2019.12.010 ↗)
• Uterine Prolapse – BL32, BL35, XC01 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20190210-00014 ↗)
• Pelvic Pain, Pelvic Chronic Pain – ST25, SP06, BL23, BL32, BL33, BL35, CV03, CV04, CV12, XC01 (doi:10.2147/IJWH.S541559 ↗)
• Obesity, PCOS, Insulin Resistance – ST29, SP06, KD03, CV04, XC01 (doi:10.3389/fendo.2025.1723419 ↗)
• Infertility Female, PCOS, Infertility Ivf – ST25, ST36, ST40, SP06, SP09, BL23, BL25, BL32, BL53, KD03, KD12, GB13, GB26, LV03, CV04, CV06, CV12, GV20, GV24, XC01 (doi:10.3389/fmicb.2025.1730714 ↗)
• Infertility Female, PCOS, Anovulation – LU07, LI04, ST28, ST29, ST36, SP04, SP06, SP10, KD06, PC06, LV03, CV03, CV04, CV06, XC01 (doi:10.1002/hsr2.72673 ↗)
• Poor Ovarian Response, Infertility Ivf – ST25, ST36, SP10, KD12, GB26, LV03, CV04, CV06, CV12, GV20, XC01 (doi:10.3389/fcell.2026.1756473 ↗)
• Fatigue, Dizziness, Tinnitus, Knees Weakness, Poor Memory, Lower Back Pain, Appetite Poor, Spermatorrhea Nocturnal Emission, Insomnia Dreaming – SP06, HT07, BL15, BL20, BL23, BL52, KD03, PC06, CV04, GV20, GV24, XC01, XH03 (HU Jin-sheng. Spermatorrhea (Teaching Roundtable). Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2009, 29(4): 311-313.)
• Vaginal Discharge, Abdomen Lower Pain, Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Chronic – BL23, BL26, CV04, CV06, GV03, XC01 (Wang Qiu-Chao et al.. [Efficacy observation of chronic pelvic inflammation of different differentiated patterns/syndromes treated with acupoint embedding therapy].. Zhongguo zhen jiu = Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion, 2013)
• Menopausal Syndrome, Perimenopausal Syndrome – ST25, SP06, CV04, XC01 (LIU Xiang-rong et al.. Effectiveness of Electroacupuncture of Zigong(EX-CA 1),etc.in Treatment of Perimenopausal Syndrome Women. 针刺研究, 2016)
• Kidney Deficiency, Uterine Prolapse, Kidney Deficiency, Uterine Prolapse – KD06, LV08, CV04, XC01 (sacredlotus.com ↗)

Most often selected alongside XC01

How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with XC01. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.

• CV04Original Qi Gate43 protocols
• SP06Three Yin Intersection29 protocols
• BL23Kidney Shu Point22 protocols
• LV03Great Surge20 protocols
• ST25Celestial Pivot19 protocols
• ST36Leg Three Miles18 protocols
• CV06Sea Of Qi17 protocols
• GV20100 Convergences17 protocols
• BL32Second Bone Hole16 protocols
• CV12Stomach Centre16 protocols
• KD03Great Stream16 protocols
• CV03Central Pivot12 protocols

Other points on the Extra Points: Chest & Abdomen