🎯 Location: When palm faces upward point is on the radial side of the tendon of the flexor carpi ulnaris, 1 thumb width above the transverse crease of the wrist.
Corroborated by a second study. HT05, CV23, GV20 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.27126/d.cnki.ghlzy.2025.000025 ↗
🎯 Location: When palm faces upward point is on the radial side of the tendon of the flexor carpi ulnaris, 1 thumb width above the transverse crease of the wrist.
Corroborated by a second study. HT05, GB20, CV23, GV15, GV20 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.3389/fneur.2025.1554208 ↗
🎯 Location: When palm faces upward point is on the radial side of the tendon of the flexor carpi ulnaris, 1 thumb width above the transverse crease of the wrist.
Corroborated by a second study. HT05, CV23, GV15 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.3389/fneur.2025.1554208 ↗
Corroborated by a second study. GB20, CV23, GV20 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.27126/d.cnki.ghlzy.2025.000025 ↗
🎯 Location: On the dorsum of the hand between 1st & 2nd metacarpal bones approximately in the middle of the 2nd metacarpal bone on the radial side.
⚠️ 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.
Corroborated by a second study. HT05, GB20, CV23, GV15, GV20 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.27126/d.cnki.ghlzy.2025.000025 ↗
🎯 Location: On the dorsum of the hand between 1st & 2nd metacarpal bones approximately in the middle of the 2nd metacarpal bone on the radial side.
⚠️ 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.
Corroborated by a second study. LI04, GV15, XH12, XH13 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.3389/fneur.2025.1554208 ↗
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