Location
At the midpoint of the proximal interphalangeal joint on the dorsal side of the little finger..
No specific contraindications.
Indications
Conditions for which XU06 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.
Protocols using XU06
- Vision Blurred, Eye Cornea Cloudy – BL01, BL02, GB01, GB20, GB41, XU05, XU06 (Henry C. Lu. Clinical Cases of Acupuncture)
- Optic Atrophy, Blindness Bilateral – LI14, SI06, BL01, BL02, TB23, GB20, GB37, LV03, XU05, XU06 (Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994)
- Optic Atrophy, Blindness Bilateral – LI14, SI06, BL01, BL02, BL18, TB23, GB20, GB37, LV03, XU05, XU06 (Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994)
Most often selected alongside XU06
How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with XU06. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.
- BL01Bright Eyes / Eye Point3 protocols
- BL02Gathered Bamboo3 protocols
- GB20Wind Pool3 protocols
- XU05Big Empty Bone3 protocols
- GB37Bright Light2 protocols
- LI14Upper Arm Prominence2 protocols
- LV03Great Surge2 protocols
- SI06Support The Aged2 protocols
- TB23Silken Bamboo Hollow2 protocols
- BL18Liver Shu Point1 protocols
- GB01Pupil Crevice1 protocols
- GB41Foot Governor Of Tears1 protocols
