3 sourced protocols, each with its citation.
Often treated alongside Bowel Urgency:
How often each point appears across the 3 entries ranked highest for Bowel Urgency. Citation frequency, not a recommendation.
Each card names its evidence kind. What these labels mean
BL31 · BL32 · BL33 · BL34 · GV01
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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 上髎 (shàng hé)
🎯 Location: On the sacrum at the midpoint between posterior superior iliac spine and posterior midline just at the 1st posterior sacral foramen.
⚠️ Cautions: Caution in sacroiliac dysfunction.
🛡️ Treats: Fever, Knee Pain, Common Cold, Vomiting, Back Pain
BL23 · BL31 · BL32 · BL33 · BL34 · GV04
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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 腎俞 (shèn yú)
🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the du4 at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 2nd lumbar vertebra.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling.
🛡️ Treats: Cough, Diarrhea, Asthma, Tinnitus, Qi Deficiency
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🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 天樞 (tiān shū)
🎯 Location: 2 thumb widths lateral to the center of the umbilicus.
⚠️ Cautions: Acute appendicitis is a surgical emergency – treatment here is adjunctive at most and must never delay surgical assessment. Avoid needling over the gravid uterus after the first trimester; where used in pregnancy, needle shallowly and only on a clear obstetric indication.
🛡️ Treats: Poor Appetite, Diarrhea, Constipation, Vomiting, Abdominal Bloating
Point selection recorded in a clinical text or case report.
Yang Ling et al.. Effect of warming moxibustion Tianshu (ST 25, bilateral) and Qihai (CV 6) for the treatment of diarrhea-dominant irritable bowel syndrome: a patient-blinded pilot trial with orthogonal design.. Journal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan, 2020
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