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Indications
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Protocols
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Location
On the anterior midline at the midpoint of the sternal angle at the level with 1st intercostal space.
Cautions
Avoid deep needling; risk of pneumothorax.
Indications
Conditions for which CV20 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.
AsthmaCoughShortness of BreathChest FullnessCostal Lateral FullnessPainRebellion QiSpeech ImpairmentWheezing
TCM actions
What classical sources say CV20 does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the point, not a condition.
Protocols using CV20
- Depression, Insomnia – LI04, HT07, LV03, CV20 (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗)
- Dysphagia Post-stroke – CV20, CV23, XH12, XH13 (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗)
- Stroke – CV20, XH01A, XH01B, XH01C, XH01D, MS06, MS07 (doi:10.3389/fnins.2022.851333 ↗)
Most often selected alongside CV20
How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with CV20. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.
- CV23Clean Spring1 protocols
- HT07Spirit Gate1 protocols
- LI04Junction Valley1 protocols
- LV03Great Surge1 protocols
- MS06Anterior Oblique Line of Vertex-Temporal1 protocols
- MS07Posterior Oblique Line of Vertex-Temporal1 protocols
- XH01AFour Spirit Brightness1 protocols
- XH01BFour Spirit Brightness1 protocols
- XH01CFour Spirit Brightness1 protocols
- XH01DFour Spirit Brightness1 protocols
- XH12Golden Liquid1 protocols
- XH13Jade Fluid1 protocols