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Indications
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Protocols
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Location
When the knee is flexed, in the depression lateral to the patellar ligament. The lateral member of the Xiyan (EX-LE 5) pair; the same depression as ST35 (Dubi), which is why prescriptions naming both Dubi and Xiyan describe two hollows, not three.
Cautions
Avoid in acute knee injuries.
Indications
Conditions for which XL05B is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.
Leg Muscle WastingStiff KneeImmobility KneeKnee NumbnessLeg NumbnessPainKnee Joint PainQi Leg SwellingWind Damp SyndromeWind-damp SyndromeKnee Joint Weakness
TCM actions
What classical sources say XL05B does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the point, not a condition.
Benefit Circulation
Protocols using XL05B
- Diabetes, Leg Pain, Leg Numbness, Claudication Intermittent, Disease Arterial Lower-extremity – LI04, LI11, ST36, ST40, ST42, SP03, SP06, SP09, KD03, GB34, XL05A, XL05B, XL10A, XL10B, XL10C, XL10D, XL10E, XL10F, XL10G, XL10H (doi:10.12659/MSM.909733 ↗)
- Peripheral Artery Disease Lower Extremity – LI04, LI11, ST36, ST40, ST42, SP03, SP06, SP09, KD03, GB34, XL05A, XL05B, XL10A, XL10B, XL10C, XL10D, XL10E, XL10F, XL10G, XL10H (doi:10.12659/MSM.909733 ↗)
- Knee Pain, Osteoarthritis Knee – ST34, ST35, ST36, SP09, SP10, KD10, GB33, GB34, XL05A, XL05B (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000030385 ↗)
- Osteoarthritis Knee – ST34, SP09, SP10, GB34, XL02, XL05A, XL05B (doi:10.1002/iid3.70430 ↗)
- Knee Pain, Osteoarthritis Knee – ST35, ST36, BL11, KD01, GB39, XL05A, XL05B (doi:10.13702/j.1000-0607.20221256 ↗)
- Knee Pain, Osteoarthritis Knee – ST35, ST36, XL05A, XL05B (doi:10.13702/j.1000-0607.20221256 ↗)
- Knee Pain, Osteoarthritis Knee – ST34, SP09, SP10, GB34, GV03, XL05A, XL05B (doi:10.1007/s10067-025-07497-7 ↗)
- Osteoarthritis Knee – ST34, ST35, SP10, XL05A, XL05B (doi:10.1159/000447925 ↗)
- Osteoarthritis Knee – ST35, GB33, LV08, XL05A, XL05B (doi:10.1155/2020/1686952 ↗)
- Osteoarthritis Knee – ST34, ST36, SP09, GB34, XL05A, XL05B (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗)
- Knee Pain, Osteoarthritis Knee – ST35, ST36, SP09, GB34, XL05B (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000015308 ↗)
- Osteoarthritis Knee – ST34, SP10, XL05A, XL05B (doi:10.1155/2022/2613901 ↗)
- Osteoarthritis Knee – ST36, GB34, XL05A, XL05B (doi:10.5606/tftrd.2024.13186 ↗)
- 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, Lupus Systemic – ST34, ST36, SP10, TB05, GB41, XL05A, XL05B (Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994)
- Knee Pain, Chondromalacia Patellae – ST09, BL37, TB09, XL02, XL05A, XL05B (Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994)
Most often selected alongside XL05B
How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with XL05B. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.
- XL05AMedial Eye Of The Knee15 protocols
- ST36Leg Three Miles10 protocols
- GB34Yang Mound Spring9 protocols
- SP09Yin Mound Spring8 protocols
- ST34Ridge Mound8 protocols
- SP10Sea Of Blood7 protocols
- ST35Calf's Nose7 protocols
- KD03Great Stream3 protocols
- LI04Junction Valley3 protocols
- SP06Three Yin Intersection3 protocols
- XL02Crane's Summit3 protocols
- GB33Yang Knee Gate2 protocols