Protocol (5 points)
90%LU11 · LI01 · ST36 · ST44 · PC06
LU11Lesser Metal

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🗺️ Meridian: Lung Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 少商 (shào shāng)
🎯 Location: On the radial side of the thumb about 0.1 thumb width posterior to the corner of the nail.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid in patients with bleeding disorders; caution with depth.
🛡️ Treats: Cough, Shortness of Breath, Sweating, Common Cold, Heat
LI01Metal Yang

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🗺️ Meridian: Large Intestine Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 商陽 (shāng yáng)
🎯 Location: On the radial side of the index finger about 0.1 thumb width posterior to the corner of the nail.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid in patients with bleeding disorders; contraindicated in serious infections of finger.
🛡️ Treats: Cough, Shortness of Breath, Tinnitus, Heat, Chest Fullness
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
ST44Inner Court

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🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 內庭 (nèi tíng)
🎯 Location: Proximal to the web margin the between 2nd and 3rd toes in the depression the distal and lateral to the 2nd metatarsodigital joint.
⚠️ Cautions: Anticoagulant therapy or a coagulopathy raises the risk of haematoma at the needling site – apply prolonged pressure on withdrawal. The precaution governs technique; bleeding disorders remain a treatable indication.
🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Tinnitus, Common Cold, Constipation, Abdominal Pain
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
Needling + Bloodletting · 1 session
Same patient; prescription changed for a later course
Point selection recorded in a clinical text or case report.
Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994