Protocol (8 points)
100%SI11 · SI13 · SI14 · SI15 · TB14 · GB20 · GB21 · GV16
SI11Heavenly Gathering

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🗺️ Meridian: Small Intestine Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 天宗 (tiān zōng)
🎯 Location: On the scapula in the depression of the center of the subscapular fossa and at the level of the 4th thoracic vertebra.
⚠️ Cautions: Rule out fracture, dislocation and joint instability before needling, and do not needle into an acutely swollen joint or a haemarthrosis.
🛡️ Treats: Cough, Qi Stagnation, Chest Fullness, Elbow Pain, Shoulder Blade Pain
SI13Crooked Wall

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🗺️ Meridian: Small Intestine Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 曲垣 (qū yuán)
🎯 Location: On the medial extremity of the suprascapular fossa about midway between SI10 and spinous process of the 2nd thoracic vertebra.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.
🛡️ Treats: Shoulder Pain, Contraction Shoulder, Benefit Shoulders, Benefit Scapula, Oppression Shoulder Sensation
SI14Outer Shoulder Point

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🗺️ Meridian: Small Intestine Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 肩外俞 (jiān wài shū)
🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the 1st thoracic vertebra where GV13 is located.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling; risk of pneumothorax.
🛡️ Treats: Fever, Wind, Shoulder Blade Pain, Shoulder Pain, Pain
SI15Middle Shoulder Point

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🗺️ Meridian: Small Intestine Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 肩中俞 (jiān zhōng shū)
🎯 Location: 2 thumb widths lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the 7th cervical vertebra (GV14).
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling; risk of pneumothorax.
🛡️ Treats: Cough, Fever, Shoulder Blade Pain, Shoulder Pain, Pain
TB14Shoulder Bone Hole

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🗺️ Meridian: Triple Burner Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 肩髎 (jiān liáo)
🎯 Location: On the shoulder posterior to the LI15 in the depression the inferior and posterior to the acromion the when arm is abducted.
⚠️ Cautions: Rule out fracture, dislocation and joint instability before needling, and do not needle into an acutely swollen joint or a haemarthrosis.
🛡️ Treats: Numbness, Shoulder Pain, Pain, Arm Pain, Benefit Shoulders
GB21Shoulder Well

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🗺️ Meridian: Gallbladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 肩井 (jiān jǐng)
🎯 Location: On the shoulder directly above the nipple at the midpoint of the line connecting GV14 and acromion the at the highest point of the shoulder.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling – risk of pneumothorax. 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: Cough, Shortness of Breath, Phlegm, Kidney Deficiency, Depression
GV16Wind Mansion

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🗺️ Meridian: Governing Vessel
🇨🇳 Chinese: 風府 (fēng fǔ)
🎯 Location: 1 thumb width directly above the midpoint of the posterior hairline directly below external occipital protuberance in the depression the between trapezius of the both sides.
⚠️ Cautions: Caution; proximity to foramen magnum.
🛡️ Treats: Stress, Heat Chest, Anxiety, Sweating, Dizziness
Point injection · 8 sessions over 4 weeks
Point selection reported in a published study.
doi:10.3831/KPI.2020.23.4.262 ↗



