Protocol (2 points)
90%BL15Heart Shu Point
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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 心俞 (xīn shū)
🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the GV11 at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 5th thoracic vertebra.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling – risk of pneumothorax. New, worsening or unstable cardiac symptoms need medical assessment before treatment.
🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Pain, Anxiety, Sweating, Coughing Blood
PC06Inner Gate
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🗺️ Meridian: Pericardium Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 內關 (nèi guān)
🎯 Location: 2 thumb widths above the transverse crease of the wrist between tendons of the palmaris longus and flexor carpi radialis.
⚠️ Cautions: Caution in severe deficiency conditions.
🛡️ Treats: Fever, Diarrhea, Anxiety, Dizziness, Spleen Qi Deficiency
Herbal plaster on points · 28 sessions over 4 weeks
Point selection recorded in a clinical text or case report.
Xu Lian-deng et al.. [Observation on therapeutic effect of acupoint sticking at Neiguan (PC 6) and Xinshu (BL 15) for treatment of bradycardia].. Zhongguo zhen jiu = Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion, 2010