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Indications
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Protocols
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Location
2 thumb widths proximal to the ST41, in the line connecting ST36 and ST41..
No specific contraindications.
Indications
Conditions for which XL04 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.
AmnesiaCognitive Deficiency DisorderPsychological Confusion DisorderFoot Drop StiffnessImmobility Foot DropLassitudePoor MemoryVertigo
TCM actions
What classical sources say XL04 does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the point, not a condition.
Calm Mind
Protocols using XL04
- Cerebral Palsy Spastic – XL04 (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗)
- Coma, Encephalitis, Measles – LU11, KD01, XH03, XL04 (Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994)
- Coma, Encephalitis, Measles – LU11, ST41, SP01, KD01, XH03, XL04, AT15 (Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994)
- Coma, Encephalitis, Measles – LU11, LI04, LI11, ST31, ST36, ST41, SP01, KD01, XH03, XL04, AT15 (Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994)
Most often selected alongside XL04
How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with XL04. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.