🎯 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.
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
🎯 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.
Point selection recorded in a clinical text or case report.
Qi Sheng et al.. [Application of transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation combined with infusion of propofol in anodynia bronchoscopy].. Zhongguo zhen jiu = Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion, 2014
🎯 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.
