Protocol (6 points)
90%ST30 · ST36 · BL30 · BL32 · GV01 · GV20
ST30Qi Surge

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🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 氣衝 (qì chōng)
🎯 Location: 5 thumb widths below umbilicus 2 thumb widths lateral to the CV02.
⚠️ Cautions: Needle with care near the femoral artery. 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, Heat, Abdominal Bloating, Abdominal Pain, Absent Periods
ST36Leg Three Miles

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🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 足三里 (zú sān lǐ)
🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths below ST35, 1 finger breadth (middle finger) from anterior border of the tibia.
⚠️ Cautions: Caution in cases of severe varicose veins.
🛡️ Treats: Cough, Fever, Poor Appetite, Diarrhea, Shortness of Breath
BL30White Ring Shu Point

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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 白環俞 (bái huán shū)
🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the du mai at the level of the 4th posterior sacral foramen.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling.
🛡️ Treats: Heat Chest, Cough, Fever, Shortness of Breath, Knee Pain
BL32Second Bone Hole

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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 次髎 (cì liáo)
🎯 Location: On the sacrum medial and inferior to the posterior superior iliac spine just at the 2nd posterior sacral foramen.
⚠️ Cautions: Caution in sacroiliac dysfunction.
🛡️ Treats: Constipation, Pain, Urinary Retention, Infertility, Sciatica
GV01Long Strength

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🗺️ Meridian: Governing Vessel
🇨🇳 Chinese: 長強 (cháng qiáng)
🎯 Location: Midway between tip of the coccyx and anus, locate point with patient in the prone position.
⚠️ Cautions: Caution in spinal conditions.
🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Anxiety, Common Cold, Pain, Damp
GV20100 Convergences

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🗺️ Meridian: Governing Vessel
🇨🇳 Chinese: 百會 (bǎi huì)
🎯 Location: On the midline of the head 5 thumb widths directly above the midpoint of the anterior hairline approximately on the midpoint of the line connecting apex of the ears.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.
🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Pain, Palpitations, Jaundice, Qi Deficiency
Point selection recorded in a clinical text or case report.
Deadman, Al-Khafaji & Baker, A Manual of Acupuncture – point group actions







