Protocol (6 points)
100%ST08 · SI19 · BL08 · GB01 · GB08 · GB18
ST08Head Corner

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🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 頭維 (tóu wéi)
🎯 Location: On the lateral side of the head, 0.5 thumb widths above the anterior hairline at the corner of the forehead & 4.5 thumb widths lateral to the midline of the head.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.
🛡️ Treats: Fever, Shortness of Breath, Dizziness, Vomiting, Wind
SI19Palace Of Hearing

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🗺️ Meridian: Small Intestine Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 聽宮 (tīng gōng)
🎯 Location: Anterior to the tragus and posterior to the condyloid process of the mandible in the depression the formed when mouth is open.
⚠️ Cautions: Needle with the mouth open, and avoid deep needling towards the tympanic membrane.
🛡️ Treats: Tinnitus, Deafness, Epilepsy, Voice Loss, Toothache
BL08Declining Connection

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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 絡卻 (luò què)
🎯 Location: 5.5 thumb widths directly above the midpoint of the anterior hairline and 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the midline.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.
🛡️ Treats: Phlegm, Dizziness, Tinnitus, Depression, Vomiting
GB01Pupil Crevice

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🗺️ Meridian: Gallbladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 瞳子髎 (tóng zǐ liáo)
🎯 Location: 0.5 thumb widths lateral to the outer canthus in the depression on the lateral side of the orbit.
⚠️ Cautions: Contraindicated for direct needling; use only pressure.
🛡️ Treats: Heat, Wind, Redness, Swelling, Deviation Eye
GB18Spirit Support

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🗺️ Meridian: Gallbladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 承靈 (chéng líng)
🎯 Location: On the head, 4 thumb widths above the anterior hairline and 22.5 thumb widths lateral to the midline of the head.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications for head points.
🛡️ Treats: Cough, Shortness of Breath, Dizziness, Pain, Aversion Cold
Needling
Improved from baseline; no control group
Point selection reported in a published study.
doi:10.1016/j.jams.2017.12.002 ↗