🎯 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, PC06 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.13702/j.1000-0607.20250119 ↗
Corroborated by a second study. GB13, LV03, GV24 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.13702/j.1000-0607.20250119 ↗
🎯 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. LV03, GV20 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.12688/f1000research.146897.4 ↗
Point selection recorded in a clinical text or case report.
ZHAO Ling, ZHANG Hong, ZHENG Zhong, HUANG Jiao. Electroacupuncture on the Head Points for Improving Gnosia in Patients with Vascular Dementia. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2009, 29(1): 29-33
Substantiated by a study. GV20, GV24 also appear in a study-reported protocol for the same search. That study did not test this prescription. doi:10.12688/f1000research.146897.4 ↗
🎯 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.
Point selection recorded in a clinical text or case report.
SHI Guang-xia, LIU Cun-zhi, LI Qian-qian, ZHU Hong, WANG Lin-peng. Influence of acupuncture on cognitive function and markers of oxidative DNA damage in patients with vascular dementia. J Tradit Chin Med, 2012, 32(2): 199-202
Substantiated by a study. LV03, GV20, GV24 also appear in a study-reported protocol for the same search. That study did not test this prescription. doi:10.12688/f1000research.146897.4 ↗
Point selection recorded in a clinical text or case report.
XU Yun-xiang et al.. Influence of Electroacupuncture on Learning and Memory Ability in Diabetic Cognitive Dysfunction Patients. 针刺研究, 2006
Substantiated by a study. GB13, GB20, XH01A, XH01B, XH01C, XH01D also appear in a study-reported protocol for the same search. That study did not test this prescription. doi:10.13702/j.1000-0607.20250119 ↗
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How the studies delivered it
What the 4 studies behind the entries above ran, counted once per study. A record of the trials, not a recommendation.
Needling2 of 4
Electrical stimulation on the skin1 of 4
Electroacupuncture1 of 4
After a treatment: what large safety surveys recorded, and which reactions need a doctor.
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