Protocol (5 points)
100%ST28 · BL23 · BL28 · CV03 · CV06
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
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
BL28Bladder Shu Point

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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 膀胱俞 (páng guāng shū)
🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the du mai at the level of the 2nd posterior sacral foramen.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling.
🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Qi Deficiency, Constipation, Abdominal Pain, Swelling
CV03Central Pivot

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🗺️ Meridian: Conception Vessel
🇨🇳 Chinese: 中極 (zhōng jí)
🎯 Location: On the anterior midline 4 thumb widths below umbilicus.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid needling over the gravid uterus after the first trimester; where used in pregnancy, needle shallowly and only on a clear obstetric indication. Empty the bladder before needling.
🛡️ Treats: Absent Periods, Back Pain, Pain, Damp, Edema
CV06Sea Of Qi

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🗺️ Meridian: Conception Vessel
🇨🇳 Chinese: 氣海 (qì hǎi)
🎯 Location: On the anterior midline 1.5 thumb widths below umbilicus.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid needling over the gravid uterus after the first trimester; where used in pregnancy, needle shallowly and only on a clear obstetric indication.
🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Shortness of Breath, Constipation, Yang Weakness, Abdominal Bloating
Needling + Moxibustion
Point selection reported in a published study.
doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000030925 ↗