8 protocols with precise acupoint locations.
Point selection reported in a published study.
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🗺️ Meridian: Governing Vessel
🇨🇳 Chinese: 腰俞 (yāo yú)
🎯 Location: In the hiatus of the sacrum.
⚠️ Cautions: Caution in sacral conditions.
🛡️ Treats: pain:hip, epilepsy, haemorrhoids, pain:back:lumbar, sweating:deficiency
Point selection recorded in a clinical text or case report.
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🗺️ Meridian: Spleen Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 公孫 (gōng sūn)
🎯 Location: In the depression the distal and inferior to the base of the 1st metatarsal bone at the junction of the red and white skin.
⚠️ Cautions: Contraindicated during pregnancy.
🛡️ Treats: diarrhoea, jaundice, depression, vomiting, distension:abdomen
Point selection recorded in a clinical text or case report.
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🗺️ Meridian: Large Intestine Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 肩髃 (jiān dòu)
🎯 Location: Anteroinferior to the acromion on the upper portion of the deltoid muscle; when arm is in the full abduction the point is in the depression the appearing at the anterior border of the acromioclavicular joint.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling due to risk of pneumothorax; caution in shoulder injuries.
🛡️ Treats: wind, pain:shoulder, pain, goitre, hemiplegia
Point selection published on a website. Not peer-reviewed — check it before relying on it.
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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 腎俞 (shèn yú)
🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the du4 at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 2nd lumbar vertebra.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling.
🛡️ Treats: cough, diarrhoea, asthma, tinnitus, deficiency:qi
Point selection published on a website. Not peer-reviewed — check it before relying on it.
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🗺️ Meridian: Spleen Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 三陰交 (sān yīn jiāo)
🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths directly above the tip of the medial malleolus posterior to the medial border of the tibia.
⚠️ Cautions: Contraindicated during pregnancy except for labor induction.
🛡️ Treats: diarrhoea, dizziness, tinnitus, palpitations, distension:abdomen
Point selection published on a website. Not peer-reviewed — check it before relying on it.
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🗺️ Meridian: Spleen Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 三陰交 (sān yīn jiāo)
🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths directly above the tip of the medial malleolus posterior to the medial border of the tibia.
⚠️ Cautions: Contraindicated during pregnancy except for labor induction.
🛡️ Treats: diarrhoea, dizziness, tinnitus, palpitations, distension:abdomen
Other symptoms often treated alongside deficiency:qi:kidney:
Disclaimer: The acupoint information provided is for educational purposes only.