Protocol (4 points)
90%ST30Qi Surge

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🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 氣衝 (qì chōng)
🎯 Location: 5 thumb widths below umbilicus 2 thumb widths lateral to the CV02.
⚠️ Cautions: Needle with care near the femoral artery. 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: Constipation, Heat, Abdominal Bloating, Abdominal Pain, Absent Periods
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
BL32Second Bone Hole

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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 次髎 (cì liáo)
🎯 Location: On the sacrum medial and inferior to the posterior superior iliac spine just at the 2nd posterior sacral foramen.
⚠️ Cautions: Caution in sacroiliac dysfunction.
🛡️ Treats: Constipation, Pain, Urinary Retention, Infertility, Sciatica
LV05Woodworm Channel

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🗺️ Meridian: Liver Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 蠡溝 (lí gōu)
🎯 Location: 5 thumb widths above the tip of the medial malleolus on the midline of the medial surface of the tibia.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.
🛡️ Treats: Anxiety, Palpitations, Common Cold, Depression, Swelling
Point selection recorded in a clinical text or case report.
Deadman, Al-Khafaji & Baker, A Manual of Acupuncture – point group actions