🎯 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.
Corroborated by a second study. ST25, ST36, PC06, CV06, CV12 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.1177/2164956119870444 ↗
🎯 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.
Corroborated by a second study. LI04, ST36, SP06, HT07, PC06 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.1590/1980-220X-REEUSP-2023-0191en ↗
Corroborated by a second study. ST36, CV04, CV06, CV08, CV12 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.13460/j.issn.1005-0957.2024.13.4027 ↗
🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths below umbilicus 2 thumb widths lateral to the CV04.
⚠️ 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. ST36, SP15, PC06, CV04, CV06 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.13460/j.issn.1005-0957.2024.13.4027 ↗
Corroborated by a second study. ST36, PC06, CV12 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.1186/s13063-017-1927-2 ↗
Corroborated by a second study. ST36, PC06, CV12 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.1186/s13063-017-1927-2 ↗
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How the studies delivered it
What the 25 studies behind the entries above ran, counted once per study. A record of the trials, not a recommendation.
Needling6 of 25
Electrical stimulation on the skin6 of 25
Moxibustion5 of 25
Acupressure4 of 25
Electroacupuncture2 of 25
Press needles1 of 25
Point injection1 of 25
Sessions: the 11 studies that gave a count ran a median of 6 (middle half 4 to 7).
Course: the 10 studies that gave a length ran a median of 5 days (middle half 3 days to 6 days).
After a treatment: what large safety surveys recorded, and which reactions need a doctor.
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