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Location
4 thumb widths lateral and 2 thumb widths superior to the umbilicus..
Cautions
Avoid in acute abdominal conditions.
Indications
Conditions for which XC04 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 XC04 does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the point, not a condition.
Benefit DigestionBenefit Tonify Middle QiRaise Middle QiRaise YangTonify Middle Qi
Protocols using XC04
- Gastroptosis, Abdominal Pain – ST36, PC06, CV06, CV12, XC04, XC23 (Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994)
- Insomnia, Gastroptosis, Upper Stomach Pain – ST36, SP06, HT07, PC06, CV12, XC04 (Zhu Bing, Wang Hongcai (eds). Case Studies from the Medical Records of Leading Chinese Acupuncture Experts. London: Singing Dragon, 2011)
- Gastroptosis – ST36, CV12, XC04 (Zhu Bing, Wang Hongcai (eds). Case Studies from the Medical Records of Leading Chinese Acupuncture Experts. London: Singing Dragon, 2011)
Most often selected alongside XC04
How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with XC04. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.