Protocol (6 points)
90%SP06 · BL15 · PC06 · PC09 · CV15 · GV26
SP06Three Yin Intersection

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🗺️ Meridian: Spleen Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 三陰交 (sān yīn jiāo)
🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths directly above the tip of the medial malleolus posterior to the medial border of the tibia.
⚠️ Cautions: 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: Diarrhea, Dizziness, Tinnitus, Palpitations, Abdominal Bloating
BL15Heart Shu Point

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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 心俞 (xīn shū)
🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the GV11 at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 5th thoracic vertebra.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling – risk of pneumothorax. New, worsening or unstable cardiac symptoms need medical assessment before treatment.
🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Pain, Anxiety, Sweating, Coughing Blood
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
CV15Turtledove Tail

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🗺️ Meridian: Conception Vessel
🇨🇳 Chinese: 鳩尾 (jiū wěi)
🎯 Location: On the anterior midline 1 thumb width below xiphoid process, locate point with patient supine with arms raised.
⚠️ Cautions: Caution; proximity to xiphoid process.
🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Pain, Shortness of Breath, Coughing Blood, Palpitations
GV26Philtrum

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🗺️ Meridian: Governing Vessel
🇨🇳 Chinese: 人中 (rén zhōng)
🎯 Location: At the junction of the upper ⅓ and middle ⅓ of the philtrum.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.
🛡️ Treats: Fever, Jaundice, Depression, Wind, Chills
Needling + Moxibustion · 2 sessions over 2 days
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