XL02 Heding (Crane's Summit)

Location

In the depression the at the midpoint of the superior border of the patella.

Indications

Conditions for which XL02 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.

Protocols using XL02

• Knee Pain, Osteoarthritis Knee – ST34, ST35, SP09, SP10, GB34, XL02 (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0353654 ↗)
• Knee Pain, Chronic Pain, Osteoarthritis Knee, Sensitization Central – ST35, SP10, XL02, XL05A (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20250807-k0001 ↗)
• Knee Pain, Osteoarthritis Knee, Stiffness Knee, Postoperative Pain – ST31, ST32, ST34, ST35, ST36, SP09, SP10, BL24, BL25, BL40, GB29, GB30, GB34, LV08, LV09, XL02, XL05A (doi:10.2147/JPR.S453133 ↗)
• Knee Pain, Osteoarthritis Knee – ST34, ST35, ST36, SP10, XL02, XL05A (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20200310-k0011 ↗)
• Knee Pain, Osteoarthritis Knee, Knee Problems, Joint Knee Pain – ST35, ST36, SP09, SP10, GB31, GB36, GB39, GB41, XL02, XL05A (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20191212-0001 ↗)
• Knee Pain, Osteoarthritis Knee, Knee Osteoarthritis Problems – ST34, ST35, ST36, SP10, GB34, XL02, XL05A (doi:10.2147/JPR.S634945 ↗)
• Knee Pain, Osteoarthritis Knee, Stiffness Knee – ST36, GB39, XL02, XL05A (doi:10.10372/j.1000-0607.20210079 ↗)
• Osteoarthritis Knee, Knee Postoperative Pain – ST32, ST34, ST40, ST41, SP06, SP10, KD03, KD06, XL02 (doi:10.1155/2022/6428759 ↗)
• Osteoarthritis Knee – ST34, SP09, SP10, GB34, XL02, XL05A, XL05B (doi:10.1002/iid3.70430 ↗)
• Knee Pain, Osteoarthritis Knee, Postoperative Pain – ST31, ST32, ST34, ST35, ST36, SP09, SP10, BL24, BL25, BL40, GB29, GB30, GB34, LV08, LV09, XL02, XL05A (doi:10.2147/JPR.S453133 ↗)
• Knee Pain, Osteoarthritis Knee – ST35, SP10, XL02, XL05A (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20250807-k0001 ↗)
• Knee Pain, Osteoarthritis Knee – ST34, ST35, SP09, SP10, GB34, XL02, XL05A (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0353654 ↗)
• Osteoarthritis Knee – ST34, ST35, SP06, SP10, GB34, XL02, XL05A (doi:10.1016/j.wjam.2022.07.009 ↗)
• Osteoarthritis Knee – ST35, ST36, SP09, GB34, XL02 (doi:10.3389/fmed.2026.1730151 ↗)
• Osteoarthritis Knee – LI04, ST34, ST35, ST36, ST41, SP06, SP09, SP10, KD03, GB34, XL02, XL05A, XL05B (Atalay Sevgi Gümüs et al.. The Effect of Acupuncture and Physiotherapy on Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Controlled Study.. Pain physician, 2021)
• Knee Pain, Bi Syndrome, Fever Rheumatic, Arthritis Rheumatoid, Fibrositis, Neuralgia, Gout, Knee Pain, Bi Syndrome, Fever Rheumatic, Arthritis Rheumatoid – ST35, SP09, GB34, XL02, XL05A (sacredlotus.com ↗)

Most often selected alongside XL02

How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with XL02. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.

• SP10Sea Of Blood13 protocols
• ST35Calf's Nose13 protocols
• XL05AMedial Eye Of The Knee13 protocols
• GB34Yang Mound Spring10 protocols
• ST34Ridge Mound10 protocols
• SP09Yin Mound Spring9 protocols
• ST36Leg Three Miles8 protocols
• SP06Three Yin Intersection3 protocols
• ST32Crouching Rabbit3 protocols
• BL24Sea Of Qi Shu Point2 protocols
• BL25Large Intestine Shu Point2 protocols
• BL40Middle Of The Crease2 protocols

Other points on the Extra Points: Lower limbs