Protocol (4 points)
100%LI04Junction Valley

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🗺️ Meridian: Large Intestine Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 合谷 (hé gǔ)
🎯 Location: On the dorsum of the hand between 1st & 2nd metacarpal bones approximately in the middle of the 2nd metacarpal bone on the radial side.
⚠️ 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: Fever, Tinnitus, Release Exterior, Absent Periods, Wind
ST06Jaw Bone

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🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 頰車 (jiá chē)
🎯 Location: One finger breadth (middle finger) anterior & superior to the lower angle of the mandible where masseter is prominent when teeth are clenched & depressive when it is pressed.
⚠️ Cautions: Needle shallowly and obliquely; avoid the facial artery and deep needling into the joint capsule.
🛡️ Treats: Wind, Pain, Deviation Eye, Facial Droop, Mumps
ST07Below The Arch

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🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 下關 (xià guān)
🎯 Location: On the face anterior to the ear in the depression the between zygomatic arch and mandibular notch; point is located with mouth closed.
⚠️ Cautions: Caution with temporal artery.
🛡️ Treats: Tinnitus, Swelling, Pain, Deafness, Deviation Eye
TB17Hurricane

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🗺️ Meridian: Triple Burner Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 翳風 (yì fēng)
🎯 Location: Posterior to the lobule of the ear in the depression the between mandible and mastoid process.
⚠️ Cautions: Caution near facial nerve.
🛡️ Treats: Heat, Wind, Pain, Deviation Eye, Facial Droop
Needling · a single day
Point selection reported in a published study.
doi:10.1002/sim.4003 ↗









