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Indications
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Protocols
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Location
On the hand, at the midpoint of the line connecting lieque (LU07) and yangxi (LI05).
No specific contraindications.
Indications
Conditions for which XU21 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.
AddictionAddiction Smoking
TCM actions
What classical sources say XU21 does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the point, not a condition.
Calm MindDetoxify Poison
Protocols using XU21
- Smoking Cessation, Nicotine Withdrawal, Nicotine Dependence, Craving Smoking – ST36, SP06, HT07, BL23, PC06, XB02T5, XU21 (doi:10.2147/TCRM.S565463 ↗)
- Smoking Cessation – LU07, LI04, GV20, XU21 (doi:10.3389/fmed.2024.1418967 ↗)
- Smoking Cessation – XU21, CVC02, CVC09, HCS03, IN01 (Zhu Bing, Wang Hongcai (eds). Case Studies from the Medical Records of Leading Chinese Acupuncture Experts. London: Singing Dragon, 2011)
Most often selected alongside XU21
How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with XU21. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.
- BL23Kidney Shu Point1 protocols
- CVC02Lung1 protocols
- CVC09San Jiao1 protocols
- GV20100 Convergences1 protocols
- HCS03Mouth1 protocols
- HT07Spirit Gate1 protocols
- IN01Endocrine1 protocols
- LI04Junction Valley1 protocols
- LU07Interrupted Sequence1 protocols
- PC06Inner Gate1 protocols
- SP06Three Yin Intersection1 protocols
- ST36Leg Three Miles1 protocols