🎯 Location: On the anterior side of the thigh on the line connecting asis and laterosuperior corner of the patella on the level of the inferior pubis symphasis when thigh is fixed in the depression the lateral to the sartorius.
⚠️ Cautions: Caution with depth near femoral vessels.
Corroborated by a second study. ST41, KD06, GB40 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.16448/j.cjtcm.2017.0181 ↗
🎯 Location: On the anterior side of the thigh on the line connecting asis and laterosuperior corner of the patella on the level of the inferior pubis symphasis when thigh is fixed in the depression the lateral to the sartorius.
⚠️ Cautions: Caution with depth near femoral vessels.
Corroborated by a second study. ST41, KD06, GB40 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.16448/j.cjtcm.2017.0181 ↗
🎯 Location: On the dorsum of the foot at the midpoint of the transverse crease of the ankle joint in the depression the between tendons of the extensor digitorum longus and hallucis longus approximately at the level of the tip of the external malleolus.
⚠️ Cautions: Rule out fracture, dislocation and joint instability before needling, and do not needle into an acutely swollen joint or a haemarthrosis.
Corroborated by a second study. ST41, KD06, GB40 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.27127/d.cnki.ghlzu.2024.000593 ↗
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