16
Indications
2
Protocols
AcuiQ Self-Treatment Guide
Acupressure you can do at home, every protocol traced to a trial. – $12.99, free updates for life
Location
On the anterior midline at the level with 3rd intercostal space.
Cautions
Avoid deep needling; risk of pneumothorax.
Indications
Conditions for which CV18 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.
TCM actions
What classical sources say CV18 does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the point, not a condition.
Protocols using CV18
- Fracture Chest Pain, Fracture Abdomen Pain – GB24, GB25, GB26, LV13, LV14, CV16, CV17, CV18, CV19 (백승원 et al.. 골절에 침 치료를 적용한 2013년 이후 증례보고 문헌고찰. 한방재활의학과학회지, 2021)
- Qi Running Piglet – KD01, LV01, CV18, CV23 (Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994)
Most often selected alongside CV18
How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with CV18. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.
- CV16Central Court1 protocols
- CV17Chest Centre1 protocols
- CV19Purple Palace1 protocols
- CV23Clean Spring1 protocols
- GB24Sun And Moon1 protocols
- GB25Capital Gate1 protocols
- GB26Girdle Vessel1 protocols
- KD01Bubbling Spring1 protocols
- LV01Big Mound1 protocols
- LV13Bright Gate1 protocols
- LV14Qi Cycle Gate1 protocols