Protocol (8 points)
90%ST29 · SP06 · SP09 · BL23 · LV10 · CV03 · CV04 · CV06
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
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
SP09Yin Mound Spring

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🗺️ Meridian: Spleen Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 陰陵泉 (yīn líng quán)
🎯 Location: On the lower border of the medial condyle of the tibia in the depression the posterior and inferior to the medial condyle of the tibia.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid in cases of knee inflammation.
🛡️ Treats: Heat Chest, Fever, Diarrhea, Shortness of Breath, Jaundice
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
LV10Leg Five Miles

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🗺️ Meridian: Liver Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 足五里 (zú wǔ lǐ)
🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths directly below ST30 at the proximal end of the thigh below pubic tubercle and on the lateral border of the adductor longus.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.
🛡️ Treats: Cough, Swelling, Urinary Retention, Breathing Problems, Excessive Sleepiness
CV03Central Pivot

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🗺️ Meridian: Conception Vessel
🇨🇳 Chinese: 中極 (zhōng jí)
🎯 Location: On the anterior midline 4 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. Empty the bladder before needling.
🛡️ Treats: Absent Periods, Back Pain, Pain, Damp, Edema
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
CV06Sea Of Qi

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🗺️ Meridian: Conception Vessel
🇨🇳 Chinese: 氣海 (qì hǎi)
🎯 Location: On the anterior midline 1.5 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.
🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Shortness of Breath, Constipation, Yang Weakness, Abdominal Bloating
Point selection recorded in a clinical text or case report.
郭宇杨兴智王铀王曦蒋远斌熊伟. 应用单纯针灸疗法与琥珀酸索利那新治疗女性膀胱过度活动症的对比性研究. 中国中医急症 ., 2016 [CNKI]