5 sourced protocols, each with its citation.
Often treated alongside Chest Tightness:
How often each point appears across the 9 entries ranked highest for Chest Tightness. Citation frequency, not a recommendation.
Each card names its evidence kind. What these labels mean
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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 肺俞 (fèi yú)
🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the du12 at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 3rd thoracic vertebra.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling.
🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Pain, Fever, Shortness of Breath, Asthma
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🗺️ Meridian: Gallbladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 率谷 (shuài gǔ)
🎯 Location: Superior to the apex of the auricle 1.5 thumb widths within the hairline.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications for head points.
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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 風門 (fēng mén)
🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the du mai at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 2nd thoracic vertebra.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling.
🛡️ Treats: Heat Chest, Cough, Chest Pain, Fever, Shortness of Breath
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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 肺俞 (fèi yú)
🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the du12 at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 3rd thoracic vertebra.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling.
🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Pain, Fever, Shortness of Breath, Asthma
LU01 · LU03 · LU09 · LI04 · ST36 · LV03
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🗺️ Meridian: Lung Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 中府 (zhōng fǔ)
🎯 Location: Laterosuperior to the sternum 1 thumb width below lu2 at the level of the 1st intercostal space 6 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline.
⚠️ Cautions: Needle obliquely or laterally, never deeply or medially – risk of pneumothorax.
🛡️ Treats: Heat Chest, Cough, Chest Pain, Fever, Shortness of Breath
ST25 · ST36 · ST40 · SP04 · BL17 · BL21 · BL25 · BL46 · PC06 · PC07 · CV12 · CV22
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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.
Acupuncture Point Prescriptions, entry ACC7
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