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Indications
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Protocols
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Location
On the leg, 0.8 directly below yinglingquan (SP09).
Cautions
Rule out fracture, dislocation and joint instability before needling, and do not needle into an acutely swollen joint or a haemarthrosis.
Indications
Conditions for which XL18 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 XL18 does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the point, not a condition.
Benefit CollateralsBenefit Tendon LigamentBenefit Tendon / Ligament
Protocols using XL18
- Subluxation Shoulder Poststroke – LI14, SI09, SI10, SI12, SI14, XL18, XU12 (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗)
Most often selected alongside XL18
How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with XL18. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.