Protocol (2 points)
100%ST28Waterway

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🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 水道 (shuǐ dào)
🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths below umbilicus 2 thumb widths lateral to the CV04.
⚠️ 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: Constipation, Back Pain, Shoulder Pain, Edema, Urinary Retention
BL54Lowermost In Order

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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 秩邊 (zhì biān)
🎯 Location: On the level of the 4th posterior sacral foramen 3 thumb widths lateral to the median sacral crest.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.
🛡️ Treats: Kidney Deficiency, Pain, Urinary Retention, Hemorrhoids, Sciatica
Needling
Point selection reported in a published study.
doi:10.53469/jcmp.2025.07(05).06 ↗