How often each point appears across the 3 entries ranked highest for Cerebral Hypoperfusion. Citation frequency, not a recommendation.
Each card names its evidence kind. What these labels mean
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🗺️ Meridian: Governing Vessel
🇨🇳 Chinese: 大椎 (dà zhuī)
🎯 Location: Below spinous process of the 7th cervical vertebra approximately at the level of the shoulders.
⚠️ Cautions: Caution with C7 vertebra.
🛡️ Treats: Fever, Shortness of Breath, Weakness, Heat, Chest Fullness
Needling · 1 session
Point selection reported in a published study.
doi:10.1089/acu.2018.1285 ↗
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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 天柱 (tiān zhù)
🎯 Location: 1.3 thumb widths lateral to the midpoint of the posterior hairline and in the depression on the lateral aspect of the trapezius.
⚠️ Cautions: Caution with vertebral artery.
🛡️ Treats: Dizziness, Wind, Pain, Epilepsy, Nasal Congestion
Point selection recorded in a clinical text or case report.
Dong Yu-xiang et al.. [Controlled observation on acupuncture at Fengchi (GB 20) and Tianzhu (BL 10) for treatment of vertebrobasilar insufficiency].. Zhongguo zhen jiu = Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion, 2016
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🗺️ Meridian: Liver Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 太沖 (tài chōng)
🎯 Location: On the dorsum of the foot in the depression the distal to the junction of the 1st and 2nd metatarsal bones.
⚠️ Cautions: Monitor blood pressure and avoid strong stimulation where hypertension is uncontrolled or unstable; hypertensive crisis is a medical emergency.
🛡️ Treats: Cough, Diarrhea, Anxiety, Shortness of Breath, Sweating
Point selection recorded in a clinical text or case report.
Wang Guo-Ming et al.. [Impacts of Taichong (LR 3) on blood flow velocity in patients with vertebrobasilar insufficiency].. Zhongguo zhen jiu = Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion, 2011What the 1 studies behind the entries above ran, counted once per study. A record of the trials, not a recommendation.
After a treatment: what large safety surveys recorded, and which reactions need a doctor.
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