# Acupoints for Anxiety Preoperative 10 sourced protocols for Anxiety Preoperative. Canonical page: https://acuiq.com/symptoms/anxiety-preoperative ## Protocols | # | Points | Dosage | Frequency | Source | Kind | Caveat | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | LI04 (Junction Valley), ST36 (Leg Three Miles), HT07 (Spirit Gate), PC06 (Inner Gate), LV03 (Great Surge), CV17 (Chest Centre), GV26 (Philtrum) | – | – | doi:10.1038/s41598-018-33459-y | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. | | 2 | LI04 (Junction Valley), ST34 (Ridge Mound), ST36 (Leg Three Miles), PC06 (Inner Gate) | – | – | doi:10.1016/j.ctim.2023.102936 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. | | 3 | GV20 (100 Convergences), XH01A (Four Spirit Brightness), XH01B (Four Spirit Brightness), XH01C (Four Spirit Brightness), XH01D (Four Spirit Brightness) | – | – | doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20211124-k0009 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. | | 4 | LI04 (Junction Valley), SP06 (Three Yin Intersection), HT07 (Spirit Gate), PC06 (Inner Gate), LV03 (Great Surge), GV20 (100 Convergences) | – | – | doi:10.3389/fmed.2026.1753114 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. | | 5 | LI04 (Junction Valley), PC06 (Inner Gate) | – | – | doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.2019.12.009 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. | | 6 | AT07 (Occiput), AT10 (Brain Stem), AT12 (Nervous Subcortex), CVC01 (Heart), CVC09 (San Jiao), CYC08 (Liver), CYC11 (Kidney), IAC03 (Sympathetic), TF10 (Shenmen) | – | – | doi:10.2147/JPR.S562267 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. | | 7 | CVC02 (Lung), CYC08 (Liver), CYC11 (Kidney), IAC03 (Sympathetic), TF10 (Shenmen) | – | – | doi:10.2196/97469 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. | | 8 | HT07 (Spirit Gate) | – | – | doi:10.1177/21649561211058076 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. | | 9 | LI04 (Junction Valley) | – | – | doi:10.12659/MSM.938920 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. | | 10 | PC06 (Inner Gate) | – | – | doi:10.12659/MSM.938920 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. | ## Point locations | Point | Name | Meridian | Location | |---|---|---|---| | LI04 | Junction Valley | Large Intestine Meridian | On the dorsum of the hand between 1st & 2nd metacarpal bones approximately in the middle of the 2nd metacarpal bone on the radial side. | | ST36 | Leg Three Miles | Stomach Meridian | 3 thumb widths below ST35, 1 finger breadth (middle finger) from anterior border of the tibia. | | HT07 | Spirit Gate | Heart Meridian | At the ulnar end of the transverse crease of the wrist in the depression on the radial side of the tendon of the flexor carpi ulnaris. | | PC06 | Inner Gate | Pericardium Meridian | 2 thumb widths above the transverse crease of the wrist between tendons of the palmaris longus and flexor carpi radialis. | | LV03 | Great Surge | Liver Meridian | On the dorsum of the foot in the depression the distal to the junction of the 1st and 2nd metatarsal bones. | | CV17 | Chest Centre | Conception Vessel | On the anterior midline at the level with 4th intercostal space, midway between nipples. | | GV26 | Philtrum | Governing Vessel | At the junction of the upper ⅓ and middle ⅓ of the philtrum. | | ST34 | Ridge Mound | Stomach Meridian | When knee is flexed point is 2 thumb widths above the laterosuperior border of the patella. | | GV20 | 100 Convergences | Governing Vessel | 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. | | XH01A | Four Spirit Brightness | Extra Points: Head | Four points at the vertex of the scalp, grouped around baihui du-20 & located 1 thumb width anterior, posterior & lateral to the it. | | XH01B | Four Spirit Brightness | Extra Points: Head | Four points at the vertex of the scalp, grouped around baihui du-20 & located 1 thumb width anterior, posterior & lateral to the it. | | XH01C | Four Spirit Brightness | Extra Points: Head | Four points at the vertex of the scalp, grouped around baihui du-20 & located 1 thumb width anterior, posterior & lateral to the it. | | XH01D | Four Spirit Brightness | Extra Points: Head | Four points at the vertex of the scalp, grouped around baihui du-20 & located 1 thumb width anterior, posterior & lateral to the it. | | SP06 | Three Yin Intersection | Spleen Meridian | 3 thumb widths directly above the tip of the medial malleolus posterior to the medial border of the tibia. | | AT07 | Occiput | Auricular Points | On both ears, located at the lower lateral line of the Exterior Antitragus. At the midpoint between Temple and Brain Stem. | | AT10 | Brain Stem | Auricular Points | On both ears, right at the notch between the Antihelix and Antitragus. | | AT12 | Nervous Subcortex | Auricular Points | On both ears, at the lower 1/2 of the interior wall of the Antitragus; in the midpoint between Thalamus and the beginning of the medial lower line of the interior Antitragus. | | CVC01 | Heart | Auricular Points | A depression which is located at the center of Cavum Concha. | | CVC09 | San Jiao | Auricular Points | At the middle area from the inferior and lateral edge of the hole of the External Auditory Canal to the Nervous Subcortex. This is where the mixed branches of the Facial nerve, Vagus nerve and Glossopharyngeal nerve exit. | | CYC08 | Liver | Auricular Points | In the lateral inferior area of the Cymba Conchae. | | CYC11 | Kidney | Auricular Points | At the superanterior corner of Cymba Concha. | | IAC03 | Sympathetic | Auricular Points | On both ears, at the end of the upper edge of the lower Crus of the Antihelix. | | TF10 | Shenmen | Auricular Points | At the midpoint between Pelvis and Hepatitis. | | CVC02 | Lung | Auricular Points | Occupies the lower area adjacent to the Heart area. Lower Lung is the Ipsilateral Lung. | --- AcuiQ-authored prose (symptom and meridian descriptions, the wiki, the auricular crosswalk) is licensed CC-BY-4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The assembled protocol compilation is not: build on it with attribution, but do not redistribute it whole as a dataset – https://acuiq.com/terms. 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