Protocol (4 points)
100%ST25Celestial Pivot

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🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 天樞 (tiān shū)
🎯 Location: 2 thumb widths lateral to the center of the umbilicus.
⚠️ Cautions: Acute appendicitis is a surgical emergency – treatment here is adjunctive at most and must never delay surgical assessment. 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, Constipation, Vomiting, Abdominal Bloating
ST29Return

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🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 歸來 (guī lái)
🎯 Location: 4 thumb widths below umbilicus 2 thumb widths lateral to the CV03.
⚠️ 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: Absent Periods, Swelling, Pain, Uterine Prolapse, Infertility
BL33Middle Bone Hole

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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 中髎 (zhōng liáo)
🎯 Location: On the sacrum medial and inferior to the BL32 just at the 3rd posterior sacral foramen.
⚠️ Cautions: Caution in sacroiliac dysfunction.
🛡️ Treats: Constipation, Abdominal Bloating, Pain, Urinary Retention, Infertility
CV04Original Qi Gate

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🗺️ Meridian: Conception Vessel
🇨🇳 Chinese: 關元 (guān yuán)
🎯 Location: On the anterior midline 3 thumb widths below 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. Bleeding in pregnancy requires obstetric assessment.
🛡️ Treats: Cough, Diarrhea, Anxiety, Shortness of Breath, Kidney Deficiency
Electroacupuncture · an 88-day course
Improved from baseline; no control group
Point selection reported in a published study.
doi:10.1155/2013/657234 ↗


























