🎯 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.
🎯 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.
Point selection recorded in a clinical text or case report.
Unnamed CNKI record, 2024
Substantiated by a study. BL15, BL18, BL20 also appear in a study-reported protocol for the same search. That study did not test this prescription. doi:10.1177/1179547620967379 ↗
Point selection recorded in a clinical text or case report.
Pei ChenYue LiuHaining YuanDi WangXin JinLei ZhangKaijuan YanYumeng GuoJing LiFei WangWeishuang SunYang Yang. Acupuncture at back-shu points of five zang and Geshu(BL 17) for bipolar depression: Study protocol for a randomized controlled pilot trial OA. Guidelines and Standards in Chinese Medicine ., 2024 [CNKI]
Substantiated by a study. BL15, BL18, BL20 also appear in a study-reported protocol for the same search. That study did not test this prescription. doi:10.1177/1179547620967379 ↗
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