Protocol (6 points)
100%LU01 · ST36 · ST40 · BL13 · BL20 · BL23
LU01Central Mansion

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🗺️ Meridian: Lung Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 中府 (zhōng fǔ)
🎯 Location: Laterosuperior to the sternum 1 thumb width below LU02 at the level of the 1st intercostal space 6 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline.
⚠️ Cautions: Needle obliquely or laterally, never deeply or medially – risk of pneumothorax.
🛡️ Treats: Heat Chest, Cough, Chest Pain, Fever, Shortness of Breath
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
ST40Abundant Bulge

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🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 豐隆 (fēng lóng)
🎯 Location: 8 thumb widths superior to the tip of the external malleolus, lateral to the ST38 about 2 finger breadth (middle finger) lateral to the anterior border of the tibia.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.
🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Pain, Shortness of Breath, Phlegm, Asthma
BL13Lung Shu Point

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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 肺俞 (fèi shū)
🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the GV12 at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 3rd thoracic vertebra.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling.
🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Pain, Fever, Shortness of Breath, Asthma
BL20Spleen Shu Point

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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 脾俞 (pí shū)
🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the GV06 at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 11th thoracic vertebra.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling.
🛡️ Treats: Cough, Fever, Poor Appetite, Diarrhea, Spleen Qi Deficiency
BL23Kidney Shu Point

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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 腎俞 (shèn shū)
🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the GV04 at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 2nd lumbar vertebra.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling.
🛡️ Treats: Cough, Diarrhea, Asthma, Tinnitus, Qi Deficiency
Needling · a 12-week course
Point selection reported in a published study.
doi:10.1186/s12906-024-04412-6 ↗