Points cited for Radiculopathy Lumbar How often each point appears across the 8 entries ranked highest for Radiculopathy Lumbar. Citation frequency, not a recommendation.
BL25 Large Intestine Shu Point Bladder Meridian 8 of 8 BL40 Middle Of The Crease Bladder Meridian 4 of 8 GB30 Jumping Circle Gallbladder Meridian 4 of 8 BL23 Kidney Shu Point Bladder Meridian 3 of 8 GV03 Yang Lumbar Gate Governing Vessel 3 of 8 BL24 Sea Of Qi Shu Point Bladder Meridian 2 of 8 BL26 Original Qi Gate Shu Point Bladder Meridian 2 of 8 BL31 Upper Bone Hole Bladder Meridian 2 of 8 GB34 Yang Mound Spring Gallbladder Meridian 2 of 8 GV04 Life Gate Governing Vessel 2 of 8 BL22 Sanjiao Shu Point Bladder Meridian 1 of 8 BL27 Small Intestine Shu Point Bladder Meridian 1 of 8 Each card names its evidence kind. What these labels mean
Protocol (2 points) 100% BL25 · GV02
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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 大腸俞 (dà cháng shū)
🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the GV03 at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 4th lumbar vertebra.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling.
🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea , Common Cold , Constipation , Abdominal Bloating , Abdominal Pain
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Study-reported Moxibustion
Point selection reported in a published study.
doi:10.1155/2014/154941 ↗ Corroborated by a second study. BL25 also appears in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
Protocol (2 points) 100% BL25 · BL40
BL25 Large Intestine Shu Point Click to enlarge
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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 大腸俞 (dà cháng shū)
🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the GV03 at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 4th lumbar vertebra.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling.
🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea , Common Cold , Constipation , Abdominal Bloating , Abdominal Pain
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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 委中 (wěi zhōng)
🎯 Location: Midpoint of the transverse crease of the popliteal fossa between tendons of the biceps femoris and semitendinosus.
⚠️ Cautions: Caution in weakness/fatigue; avoid strong stimulation.
🛡️ Treats: Fever , Diarrhea , Knee Pain , Vomiting , Abdominal Pain
Study-reported Moxibustion
Point selection reported in a published study.
doi:10.1155/2014/154941 ↗ Corroborated by a second study. BL25 also appears in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
Protocol (6 points) 100% BL25 · BL40 · GB30 · GB34 · GB39 · GB40
BL25 Large Intestine Shu Point Click to enlarge
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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 大腸俞 (dà cháng shū)
🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the GV03 at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 4th lumbar vertebra.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling.
🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea , Common Cold , Constipation , Abdominal Bloating , Abdominal Pain
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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 委中 (wěi zhōng)
🎯 Location: Midpoint of the transverse crease of the popliteal fossa between tendons of the biceps femoris and semitendinosus.
⚠️ Cautions: Caution in weakness/fatigue; avoid strong stimulation.
🛡️ Treats: Fever , Diarrhea , Knee Pain , Vomiting , Abdominal Pain
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🗺️ Meridian: Gallbladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 環跳 (huán tiào)
🎯 Location: At the junction of the lateral ⅓ and medial ⅔ of the distance between prominence of the greater trochanter and hiatus of the sacrum, GV02; when locating point put patient in the lateral recumbent position the with thigh flexed.
⚠️ Cautions: Caution with sciatic nerve.
🛡️ Treats: Knee Pain , Back Pain , Leg Pain , Hip Pain , Pain
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🗺️ Meridian: Gallbladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 陽陵泉 (yáng líng quán)
🎯 Location: In the depression the anterior and inferior to the head of the fibula.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.
🛡️ Treats: Fever , Knee Pain , Jaundice , Constipation , Vomiting
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🗺️ Meridian: Gallbladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 懸鐘 (xuán zhōng)
🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths above the tip of the external malleolus on the anterior border of the fibula.
⚠️ Cautions: Contraindicated during pregnancy.
🛡️ Treats: Cough , Anxiety , Knee Pain , Dizziness , Heat
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🗺️ Meridian: Gallbladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 丘墟 (qiū xū)
🎯 Location: Anterior and inferior to the external malleolus in the depression on the lateral side of the tendon of the extensor digitorum longus.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.
🛡️ Treats: Chest Pain , Fever , Common Cold , Vomiting , Redness
Study-reported Moxibustion
Point selection reported in a published study.
doi:10.1155/2014/154941 ↗ Corroborated by a second study. BL25, GB30 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group.
doi:10.3831/KPI.2025.28.4.269 ↗
Protocol (2 points) 100% BL25 · BL26
BL25 Large Intestine Shu Point Click to enlarge
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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 大腸俞 (dà cháng shū)
🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the GV03 at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 4th lumbar vertebra.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling.
🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea , Common Cold , Constipation , Abdominal Bloating , Abdominal Pain
BL26 Original Qi Gate Shu Point Click to enlarge
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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 關元俞 (guān yuán shū)
🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the du mai at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 5th lumbar vertebra.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling.
🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea , Constipation , Abdominal Bloating , Lower Back Pain , Bedwetting
Study-reported Point selection reported in a published study.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗ Corroborated by a second study. BL25, BL26 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group.
doi:10.3831/KPI.2025.28.4.269 ↗
Protocol (14 points) 100% BL22 · BL23 · BL24 · BL25 · BL26 · BL27 · BL31 · BL32 · BL33 · BL34 · BL54 · GB30 · GV03 · GV04
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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 三焦俞 (sān jiāo shū)
🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the GV05 at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 1st lumbar vertebra.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling.
🛡️ Treats: Stress , Fever , Diarrhea , Jaundice , Heat
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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 腎俞 (shèn shū)
🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the GV04 at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 2nd lumbar vertebra.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling.
🛡️ Treats: Cough , Diarrhea , Asthma , Tinnitus , Qi Deficiency
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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 氣海俞 (qì hǎi shū)
🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the du mai at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 3rd lumbar vertebra.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling.
🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea , Abdominal Pain , Hemorrhoids , Menstrual Cramps , Leg Weakness
BL25 Large Intestine Shu Point Click to enlarge
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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 大腸俞 (dà cháng shū)
🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the GV03 at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 4th lumbar vertebra.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling.
🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea , Common Cold , Constipation , Abdominal Bloating , Abdominal Pain
BL26 Original Qi Gate Shu Point Click to enlarge
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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 關元俞 (guān yuán shū)
🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the du mai at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 5th lumbar vertebra.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling.
🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea , Constipation , Abdominal Bloating , Lower Back Pain , Bedwetting
BL27 Small Intestine Shu Point Click to enlarge
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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 上髎 (shàng liáo)
🎯 Location: On the sacrum at the midpoint between posterior superior iliac spine and posterior midline just at the 1st posterior sacral foramen.
⚠️ Cautions: Caution in sacroiliac dysfunction.
🛡️ Treats: Fever , Knee Pain , Common Cold , Vomiting , Back Pain
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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 次髎 (cì liáo)
🎯 Location: On the sacrum medial and inferior to the posterior superior iliac spine just at the 2nd posterior sacral foramen.
⚠️ Cautions: Caution in sacroiliac dysfunction.
🛡️ Treats: Constipation , Pain , Urinary Retention , Infertility , Sciatica
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🗺️ Meridian: Gallbladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 環跳 (huán tiào)
🎯 Location: At the junction of the lateral ⅓ and medial ⅔ of the distance between prominence of the greater trochanter and hiatus of the sacrum, GV02; when locating point put patient in the lateral recumbent position the with thigh flexed.
⚠️ Cautions: Caution with sciatic nerve.
🛡️ Treats: Knee Pain , Back Pain , Leg Pain , Hip Pain , Pain
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Study-reported Point injection
Point selection reported in a published study.
doi:10.3831/KPI.2025.28.4.269 ↗ Corroborated by a second study. BL24, BL25, BL31, GB30 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group.
doi:10.1097/md.0000000000039720 ↗
Protocol (4 points) 100% BL24 · BL25 · BL31 · GB30
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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 氣海俞 (qì hǎi shū)
🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the du mai at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 3rd lumbar vertebra.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling.
🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea , Abdominal Pain , Hemorrhoids , Menstrual Cramps , Leg Weakness
BL25 Large Intestine Shu Point Click to enlarge
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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 大腸俞 (dà cháng shū)
🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the GV03 at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 4th lumbar vertebra.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling.
🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea , Common Cold , Constipation , Abdominal Bloating , Abdominal Pain
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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 上髎 (shàng liáo)
🎯 Location: On the sacrum at the midpoint between posterior superior iliac spine and posterior midline just at the 1st posterior sacral foramen.
⚠️ Cautions: Caution in sacroiliac dysfunction.
🛡️ Treats: Fever , Knee Pain , Common Cold , Vomiting , Back Pain
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🗺️ Meridian: Gallbladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 環跳 (huán tiào)
🎯 Location: At the junction of the lateral ⅓ and medial ⅔ of the distance between prominence of the greater trochanter and hiatus of the sacrum, GV02; when locating point put patient in the lateral recumbent position the with thigh flexed.
⚠️ Cautions: Caution with sciatic nerve.
🛡️ Treats: Knee Pain , Back Pain , Leg Pain , Hip Pain , Pain
Study-reported Point injection + Electroacupuncture
Point selection reported in a published study.
doi:10.1097/md.0000000000039720 ↗ Corroborated by a second study. BL24, BL25, BL31, GB30 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group.
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