Protocol (8 points)
100%TB03 · TB23 · GB01 · GB20 · GB37 · GB44 · XH05 · XH07
TB03Central Islet

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🗺️ Meridian: Triple Burner Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 中渚 (zhōng zhǔ)
🎯 Location: When fist is clenched point is on the dorsum of the hand between 4th and 5th metacarpal bones in the depression the proximal to the 4th metacarpophalangeal joint.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.
TB23Silken Bamboo Hollow

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🗺️ Meridian: Triple Burner Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 絲竹空 (sī zhú kōng)
🎯 Location: In the depression the at the lateral end of the eyebrow.
⚠️ Cautions: Caution near eye.
🛡️ Treats: Dizziness, Wind, Pain, Aversion Cold, Deviation Eye
GB01Pupil Crevice

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🗺️ Meridian: Gallbladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 瞳子髎 (tóng zǐ liáo)
🎯 Location: 0.5 thumb widths lateral to the outer canthus in the depression on the lateral side of the orbit.
⚠️ Cautions: Contraindicated for direct needling; use only pressure.
🛡️ Treats: Heat, Wind, Redness, Swelling, Deviation Eye
GB37Bright Light

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🗺️ Meridian: Gallbladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 光明 (guāng míng)
🎯 Location: 5 thumb widths directly above the tip of the external malleolus on the anterior border of the fibula.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.
🛡️ Treats: Knee Pain, Heat, Numbness, Pain, Breast Pain
XH05Supreme Yang (Sun)

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🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head
🇨🇳 Chinese: 太陽 (tài yáng)
🎯 Location: At the temple, in the tender depression the approximately 1 thumb width posterior to the midpoint between the lateral extremity of the eyebrow & the outer canthus of the eye.
⚠️ Cautions: Caution with temporal artery.
XH07Behind The Eyeball

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🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head
🇨🇳 Chinese: 球後 (qiú hòu)
🎯 Location: Along the inferior border of the orbit, at the junction of the lateral one quarter & medial three quarters of the infraorbital margin.
⚠️ Cautions: Contraindicated for direct needling; use only pressure.
🛡️ Treats: Disease Eye, Benefit Eyes, Disease Eye, Benefit Eyes
Needling · 36 sessions over 6 weeks
Point selection reported in a published study.
doi:10.13702/j.1000-0607.20240917 ↗
