Protocol (3 points)
100%SI14Outer Shoulder Point

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🗺️ Meridian: Small Intestine Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 肩外俞 (jiān wài shū)
🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the 1st thoracic vertebra where GV13 is located.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling; risk of pneumothorax.
🛡️ Treats: Fever, Wind, Shoulder Blade Pain, Shoulder Pain, Pain
SI15Middle Shoulder Point

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🗺️ Meridian: Small Intestine Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 肩中俞 (jiān zhōng shū)
🎯 Location: 2 thumb widths lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the 7th cervical vertebra (GV14).
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling; risk of pneumothorax.
🛡️ Treats: Cough, Fever, Shoulder Blade Pain, Shoulder Pain, Pain
GB21Shoulder Well

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🗺️ Meridian: Gallbladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 肩井 (jiān jǐng)
🎯 Location: On the shoulder directly above the nipple at the midpoint of the line connecting GV14 and acromion the at the highest point of the shoulder.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling – risk of pneumothorax. Traditionally forbidden in pregnancy – these are the points used to bring on labour at term. Controlled data show no excess of preterm birth or stillbirth (Carr 2015), but in pregnancy needle only on a clear obstetric indication.
🛡️ Treats: Cough, Shortness of Breath, Phlegm, Kidney Deficiency, Depression
Acupressure
Did better than a waitlist
Point selection reported in a published study.
doi:10.1155/2011/543291 ↗








