Protocol (17 points)
90%LU11 · LI01 · ST45 · SP01 · HT09 · SI01 · BL18 · BL67 · KD01 · PC09 · TB01 · GB20 · GB44 · LV01 · LV03 · GV16 · GV20
LU11Lesser Metal

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🗺️ Meridian: Lung Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 少商 (shào shāng)
🎯 Location: On the radial side of the thumb about 0.1 thumb width posterior to the corner of the nail.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid in patients with bleeding disorders; caution with depth.
🛡️ Treats: Cough, Shortness of Breath, Sweating, Common Cold, Heat
LI01Metal Yang

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🗺️ Meridian: Large Intestine Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 商陽 (shāng yáng)
🎯 Location: On the radial side of the index finger about 0.1 thumb width posterior to the corner of the nail.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid in patients with bleeding disorders; contraindicated in serious infections of finger.
🛡️ Treats: Cough, Shortness of Breath, Tinnitus, Heat, Chest Fullness
ST45Running Point

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🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 厲兌 (lì duì)
🎯 Location: On the lateral side of the 2nd toe 0.1 thumb width posterior to the corner of the nail.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid in patients with bleeding disorders or diabetes.
🛡️ Treats: Poor Appetite, Knee Pain, Dizziness, Jaundice, Heat
SP01Hidden White

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🗺️ Meridian: Spleen Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 隱白 (yǐn bái)
🎯 Location: On the medial side of the great the toe 0.1 thumb width posterior to the corner of the nail.
⚠️ 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: Heat Chest, Fever, Diarrhea, Shortness of Breath, Depression
HT09Lesser Surge

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🗺️ Meridian: Heart Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 少衝 (shào chōng)
🎯 Location: On the radial side of the little finger about 0.1 thumb width from corner of the nail.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid in patients with bleeding disorders.
🛡️ Treats: Chest Pain, Palpitations, Jaundice, Qi Deficiency, Heat
SI01Lesser Marsh

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🗺️ Meridian: Small Intestine Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 少澤 (shào zé)
🎯 Location: On the ulnar side of the little finger about 0.1 thumb width from corner of the nail.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid in patients with bleeding disorders.
🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Pain, Fever, Dizziness, Tinnitus
BL18Liver Shu Point

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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 肝俞 (gān shū)
🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the GV08 at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 9th thoracic vertebra.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling.
🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Pain, Dizziness, Coughing Blood, Jaundice
BL67Reaching Yin

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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 至陰 (zhì yīn)
🎯 Location: On the lateral side of the small toe about 0.1 thumb width from corner of the nail.
⚠️ 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: Chest Pain, Tinnitus, Deafness, Labour Prolonged, Labour Delayed
KD01Bubbling Spring

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🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 湧泉 (yǒng quán)
🎯 Location: On the sole in the depression the when foot is in the plantar flexion the approximately at the junction of the anterior 1/3 and posterior 2/3 of the line connecting base of the 2nd and 3rd toes and heel.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid in patients with severe deficiency conditions.
🛡️ Treats: Cough, Anxiety, Shortness of Breath, Dizziness, Coughing Blood
LV01Big Mound

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🗺️ Meridian: Liver Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 大敦 (dà dūn)
🎯 Location: On the lateral side of the terminal phalanx of the great the toe 0.1 thumb width from corner of the nail.
⚠️ 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: Anxiety, Weakness, Constipation, Depression, Abdominal Bloating
LV03Great Surge

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🗺️ Meridian: Liver Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 太衝 (tài chōng)
🎯 Location: On the dorsum of the foot in the depression the distal to the junction of the 1st and 2nd metatarsal bones.
⚠️ Cautions: Monitor blood pressure and avoid strong stimulation where hypertension is uncontrolled or unstable; hypertensive crisis is a medical emergency.
🛡️ Treats: Cough, Diarrhea, Anxiety, Shortness of Breath, Sweating
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
GV20100 Convergences

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🗺️ Meridian: Governing Vessel
🇨🇳 Chinese: 百會 (bǎi huì)
🎯 Location: On the midline of the head 5 thumb widths directly above the midpoint of the anterior hairline approximately on the midpoint of the line connecting apex of the ears.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.
🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Pain, Palpitations, Jaundice, Qi Deficiency
Point selection recorded in a clinical text or case report.
Deadman, Al-Khafaji & Baker, A Manual of Acupuncture – point group actions


