Protocol (7 points)
100%GV03 · GV04 · GV09 · GV14 · GV16 · GV20 · GV24
GV03Yang Lumbar Gate

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🗺️ Meridian: Governing Vessel
🇨🇳 Chinese: 腰陽關 (yāo yáng guān)
🎯 Location: Below spinous process of the 4th lumbar vertebra at the level with iliac crest.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.
🛡️ Treats: Numbness, Lower Back Pain, Urine White, Benefit Legs, Benefit Back Lumbar
GV04Life Gate

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🗺️ Meridian: Governing Vessel
🇨🇳 Chinese: 命門 (mìng mén)
🎯 Location: Below spinous process of the 2nd lumbar vertebra.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.
🛡️ Treats: Fever, Anxiety, Kidney Deficiency, Dizziness, Tinnitus
GV09Reaching Yang

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🗺️ Meridian: Governing Vessel
🇨🇳 Chinese: 至陽 (zhì yáng)
🎯 Location: Below spinous process of the 7th thoracic vertebra approximately at the level with inferior angle of the scapula.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.
🛡️ Treats: Cough, Fever, Shortness of Breath, Jaundice, Qi Deficiency
GV14Great Vertebra

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🗺️ Meridian: Governing Vessel
🇨🇳 Chinese: 大椎 (dà zhuī)
🎯 Location: Below spinous process of the 7th cervical vertebra approximately at the level of the shoulders.
⚠️ Cautions: Caution with C7 vertebra.
🛡️ Treats: Fever, Shortness of Breath, Weakness, Heat, Chest Fullness
GV16Wind Mansion

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🗺️ Meridian: Governing Vessel
🇨🇳 Chinese: 風府 (fēng fǔ)
🎯 Location: 1 thumb width directly above the midpoint of the posterior hairline directly below external occipital protuberance in the depression the between trapezius of the both sides.
⚠️ Cautions: Caution; proximity to foramen magnum.
🛡️ Treats: Stress, Heat Chest, Anxiety, Sweating, Dizziness
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
GV24Spirit Court

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🗺️ Meridian: Governing Vessel
🇨🇳 Chinese: 神庭 (shén tíng)
🎯 Location: 0.5 thumb widths directly above the midpoint of the anterior hairline.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.
🛡️ Treats: Fever, Shortness of Breath, Dizziness, Palpitations, Depression
Needling · 24 sessions over 4 weeks
Point selection reported in a published study.
doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000044257 ↗