Protocol (9 points)
100%LU10 · ST16 · ST36 · SP18 · BL21 · BL23 · BL43 · GB42 · CV12
LU10Fish Border

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🗺️ Meridian: Lung Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 魚際 (yú jì)
🎯 Location: On the radial aspect of the midpoint of the 1st metacarpal bone on the junction of the red and white skin of the hand.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.
🛡️ Treats: Cough, Fever, Anxiety, Tongue Coating Yellow, Heat Deficiency
ST16Breast Window

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🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 膺窗 (yīng chuāng)
🎯 Location: In the 3rd intercostal space 4 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline.
⚠️ Cautions: Risk of pneumothorax; avoid deep needling.
🛡️ Treats: Cough, Fever, Chest Fullness, Breast Abscess, Chills
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
SP18Celestial Cleft

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🗺️ Meridian: Spleen Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 天谿 (tiān xī)
🎯 Location: In the 4th intercostal space 6 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling; risk of pneumothorax.
🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Pain, Chest Fullness, Breast Abscess, Hiccups
BL21Stomach Shu Point

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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 胃俞 (wèi shū)
🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the du mai at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 12th thoracic vertebra.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling.
🛡️ Treats: Chest Pain, Poor Appetite, Diarrhea, Jaundice, Vomiting
BL23Kidney Shu Point

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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
BL43Vital Region Shu Point

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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 膏肓俞 (gāo huāng shū)
🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths lateral to the du mai at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 4th thoracic vertebra on the spinal border of the scapula.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling due to risk of pneumothorax.
GB42Earth Fivefold Convergence

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🗺️ Meridian: Gallbladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 地五會 (dì wǔ huì)
🎯 Location: Posterior to the 4th metatarsophalangeal joint between 4th and 5th metatarsal bones on the medial side of the tendon of the extensor digiti minimi of the foot.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.
🛡️ Treats: Tinnitus, Chest Fullness, Redness, Swelling, Breast Abscess
CV12Stomach Centre

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🗺️ Meridian: Conception Vessel
🇨🇳 Chinese: 中脘 (zhōng wǎn)
🎯 Location: On the anterior midline 4 thumb widths above the umbilicus.
⚠️ Cautions: 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, Shortness of Breath, Common Cold, Depression
Needling + Moxibustion
Did better than sham needling
Point selection reported in a published study.
doi:10.1155/2020/8274021 ↗










