Results for weakness quadriceps

Each card names its evidence kind. What these labels mean

Protocol (4 points)

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ST33 · ST34 · SP10 · XL03

ST33Yin Market

ST33 acupoint
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🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 陰市 (yīn shì)

🎯 Location: When knee is flexed point is 3 thumb widths above the laterosuperior border of the patella on the line joining asis and laterosuperior border of the patella.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Knee Pain, Abdominal Bloating, Abdominal Pain, Pain, Thigh Pain

ST34Ridge Mound

ST34 acupoint
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🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 梁丘 (liáng qiū)

🎯 Location: When knee is flexed point is 2 thumb widths above the laterosuperior border of the patella.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution with depth.

🛡️ Treats: Knee Pain, Wind, Numbness, Leg Pain, Pain

SP10Sea Of Blood

SP10 acupoint
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🗺️ Meridian: Spleen Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 血海 (xuè hǎi)

🎯 Location: When knee is flexed point is 2 thumb widths above the mediosuperior border of the patella on the bulge of the medial portion of the quadriceps femoris.

⚠️ Cautions: Anticoagulant therapy or a coagulopathy raises the risk of haematoma at the needling site – apply prolonged pressure on withdrawal. The precaution governs technique; bleeding disorders remain a treatable indication.

🛡️ Treats: Knee Pain, Absent Periods, Blood Stagnation, Pain, Hives

XL03Hundred Insect Nest

XL03 acupoint
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🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Lower limbs

🇨🇳 Chinese: 百蟲窩 (bǎi chóng wō)

🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths proximal to the medial superior border of the patella, in the a tender depression on the bulge of the vastus medialis muscle, 1 thumb width proximal to the xuehai sp-10.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Wind, Damp, Heat Blood, Wind Rash, Itchiness Skin

Study-reported

Electroacupuncture · 24 sessions over 4 weeks

Point selection reported in a published study.

doi:10.1007/s10067-024-07243-5 ↗
Corroborated by a second study. ST34 also appears in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.2019.03.014 ↗

Protocol (2 points)

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ST34 · ST36

ST34Ridge Mound

ST34 acupoint
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🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 梁丘 (liáng qiū)

🎯 Location: When knee is flexed point is 2 thumb widths above the laterosuperior border of the patella.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution with depth.

🛡️ Treats: Knee Pain, Wind, Numbness, Leg Pain, Pain

ST36Leg Three Miles

ST36 acupoint
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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

Study-reported

Moxibustion · 28 sessions over 2 weeks

Did better than usual care

Point selection reported in a published study.

doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.2019.03.014 ↗
Corroborated by a second study. ST34 also appears in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.1007/s10067-024-07243-5 ↗
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