Protocol (8 points)
100%ST25 · ST36 · ST37 · SP04 · PC06 · GB13 · GV20 · GV24
ST25Celestial Pivot

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🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 天樞 (tiān shū)
🎯 Location: 2 thumb widths lateral to the center of the umbilicus.
⚠️ Cautions: Acute appendicitis is a surgical emergency – treatment here is adjunctive at most and must never delay surgical assessment. Avoid needling over the gravid uterus after the first trimester; where used in pregnancy, needle shallowly and only on a clear obstetric indication.
🛡️ Treats: Poor Appetite, Diarrhea, Constipation, Vomiting, Abdominal Bloating
ST36Leg Three Miles

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🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 足三里 (zú sān lǐ)
🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths below ST35, 1 finger breadth (middle finger) from anterior border of the tibia.
⚠️ Cautions: Caution in cases of severe varicose veins.
🛡️ Treats: Cough, Fever, Poor Appetite, Diarrhea, Shortness of Breath
ST37Upper Great Hollow

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🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 上巨虛 (shàng jù xū)
🎯 Location: 6 thumb widths below ST35, 1 finger breadth (middle finger) from anterior border of the tibia.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.
🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Shortness of Breath, Spleen Weakness, Stomach Weakness, Common Cold
SP04Grandfather Grandson

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🗺️ Meridian: Spleen Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 公孫 (gōng sūn)
🎯 Location: In the depression the distal and inferior to the base of the 1st metatarsal bone at the junction of the red and white skin.
⚠️ Cautions: Contraindicated during pregnancy.
🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Jaundice, Depression, Vomiting, Abdominal Bloating
PC06Inner Gate

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🗺️ Meridian: Pericardium Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 內關 (nèi guān)
🎯 Location: 2 thumb widths above the transverse crease of the wrist between tendons of the palmaris longus and flexor carpi radialis.
⚠️ Cautions: Caution in severe deficiency conditions.
🛡️ Treats: Fever, Diarrhea, Anxiety, Dizziness, Spleen Qi Deficiency
GB13Spirit Root

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🗺️ Meridian: Gallbladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 本神 (běn shén)
🎯 Location: 0.5 thumb widths within the hairline of the forehead 3 thumb widths lateral to the GV24.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications for head points.
🛡️ Treats: Chest Pain, Phlegm, Wind, Deviation Eye, Facial Droop
GV20100 Convergences

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🗺️ Meridian: Governing Vessel
🇨🇳 Chinese: 百會 (bǎi huì)
🎯 Location: On the midline of the head 5 thumb widths directly above the midpoint of the anterior hairline approximately on the midpoint of the line connecting apex of the ears.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.
🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Pain, Palpitations, Jaundice, Qi Deficiency
GV24Spirit Court

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🗺️ Meridian: Governing Vessel
🇨🇳 Chinese: 神庭 (shén tíng)
🎯 Location: 0.5 thumb widths directly above the midpoint of the anterior hairline.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.
🛡️ Treats: Fever, Shortness of Breath, Dizziness, Palpitations, Depression