Location
On the posterio-superior aspect of the buttock, at the midpoint of the line connecting the prominence of the great the trochanter and the sacral hiatus.
No specific contraindications.
Indications
Conditions for which XL13 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 XL13 does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the point, not a condition.
Benefit Collaterals
Protocols using XL13
- Paralysis Lower Limb, Sequellae Poliomyelitis – ST32, ST36, ST41, BL23, GB30, GB31, GB34, GB39, GB40, LV03, GV03, XL13 (Henry C. Lu. Clinical Cases of Acupuncture)
Most often selected alongside XL13
How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with XL13. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.
- BL23Kidney Shu Point1 protocols
- GB30Jumping Circle1 protocols
- GB31Wind Market1 protocols
- GB34Yang Mound Spring1 protocols
- GB39Suspended Bell1 protocols
- GB40Mound1 protocols
- GV03Yang Lumbar Gate1 protocols
- LV03Great Surge1 protocols
- ST32Crouching Rabbit1 protocols
- ST36Leg Three Miles1 protocols
- ST41Dividing Cleft1 protocols
