🎯 Location: On the lateral side of the small toe about 0.1 thumb width from corner of the nail.
⚠️ 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. BL67 also appears in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.1001/jama.280.18.1580 ↗
🎯 Location: On the lateral side of the small toe about 0.1 thumb width from corner of the nail.
⚠️ 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. BL67 also appears in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.1155/2019/8950924 ↗
🎯 Location: On the lateral side of the small toe about 0.1 thumb width from corner of the nail.
⚠️ 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. BL67 also appears in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.1155/2019/8950924 ↗
🎯 Location: On the lateral side of the small toe about 0.1 thumb width from corner of the nail.
⚠️ 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. BL67 also appears in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.1001/jama.280.18.1580 ↗
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BL67 – Noelia Macías Peralta et al.. Programa de Prevención de Cesáreas Mediante la Técnica de Moxibustión en Presentaciones Podálicas. NURE Investigación, 2016
How the studies delivered it
What the 7 studies behind the entries above ran, counted once per study. A record of the trials, not a recommendation.
Moxibustion5 of 7
Needling4 of 7
Acupressure1 of 7
Sessions: the 3 studies that gave a count ran a median of 6 (middle half 5 to 10).
Course: the 3 studies that gave a length ran a median of 7 days (middle half 7 days to 11 days).
After a treatment: what large safety surveys recorded, and which reactions need a doctor.
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