Protocol (6 points)
100%LU08 · HT03 · LV02 · LV04 · CV17 · CV23
LU08Channels Ditch

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🗺️ Meridian: Lung Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 經渠 (jīng qú)
🎯 Location: 1 thumb width above the transverse crease of the wrist in the depression on the lateral side of the radial artery.
⚠️ Cautions: Caution with depth.
🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Pain, Shortness of Breath, Asthma, Vomiting
HT03Lesser Sea

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🗺️ Meridian: Heart Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 少海 (shào hǎi)
🎯 Location: With elbow flexed, at the midpoint of the line connecting medial end of the cubital crease and medial epicondyle of the humerus.
⚠️ Cautions: Caution with ulnar nerve.
🛡️ Treats: Phlegm, Heat, Chest Fullness, Pain, Epilepsy
LV02Passing Between

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🗺️ Meridian: Liver Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 行間 (xíng jiān)
🎯 Location: On the dorsum of the foot between 1st and 2nd toe proximal to the margin of the web at the junction of the red and white skin.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.
🛡️ Treats: Chest Pain, Diarrhea, Anxiety, Dizziness, Coughing Blood
LV04Mound Centre

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🗺️ Meridian: Liver Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 中封 (zhōng fēng)
🎯 Location: Anterior to the medial malleolus midway between SP05 and ST41 in the depression on the medial side of the tendon of the tibialis anterior.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.
🛡️ Treats: Jaundice, Qi Deficiency, Heaviness, Numbness, Pain
CV17Chest Centre

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🗺️ Meridian: Conception Vessel
🇨🇳 Chinese: 膻中 (dàn zhōng)
🎯 Location: On the anterior midline at the level with 4th intercostal space, midway between nipples.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling – needle transversely along the sternum. New, worsening or unstable cardiac symptoms need medical assessment before treatment.
🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Pain, Shortness of Breath, Asthma, Chest Fullness
CV23Clean Spring

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🗺️ Meridian: Conception Vessel
🇨🇳 Chinese: 廉泉 (lián quán)
🎯 Location: Above adam's apple in the depression of the upper border of the hyoid bone.
⚠️ Cautions: Caution with hyoid bone.
🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Pain, Shortness of Breath, Excessive Salivation, Dry Mouth
Needling + Point injection
Improved from baseline; no control group
Point selection reported in a published study.
doi:10.3831/KPI.2013.16.022 ↗