Acupuncture Points for Enteritis

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 督俞 (dū yú)

🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the GV10 at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 6th thoracic vertebra.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Fever, Shortness of Breath, Qi Deficiency, Common Cold

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 附分 (fù fēn)

🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths lateral to the du mai at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 2nd thoracic vertebra on the spinal border of the scapula.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling due to risk of pneumothorax.

🛡️ Treats: Fever, Common Cold, Common Cold, Heat, Vomiting

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 魄戶 (pò hù)

🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths lateral to the du mai at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 3rd thoracic vertebra on the spinal border of the scapula.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling due to risk of pneumothorax.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Pain, Fever, Shortness of Breath, Asthma

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 膏肓俞 (gāo huāng yú)

🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths lateral to the du mai at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 4th thoracic vertebra on the spinal border of the scapula.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling due to risk of pneumothorax.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Fever, Phlegm, Asthma, Sweating

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 神堂 (shén táng)

🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths lateral to the GV11 at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 5th thoracic vertebra on the spinal border of the scapula.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling due to risk of pneumothorax.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Pain, Fever, Shortness of Breath, Asthma

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 譩譆 (mián àn)

🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths lateral to the GV10 at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 6th thoracic vertebra on the spinal border of the scapula.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling due to risk of pneumothorax.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Pain, Fever, Shortness of Breath, Common Cold

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 膈關 (gé guān)

🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths lateral to the GV09 at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 7th thoracic vertebra approximately at the level of the inferior angle of the scapula.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling due to risk of pneumothorax.

🛡️ Treats: Fever, Common Cold, Chest Fullness, Vomiting, Back Pain

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 魂門 (hún mén)

🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths lateral to the GV08 at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 9th thoracic vertebra.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling due to risk of pneumothorax.

🛡️ Treats: Fever, Diarrhea, Common Cold, Chest Fullness, Vomiting

🗺️ Meridian: Governing Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 脊中 (jǐ zhōng)

🎯 Location: Below spinous process of the 11th thoracic vertebra.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Fever, Diarrhea, Jaundice, Common Cold, Vomiting

🗺️ Meridian: Governing Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 中樞 (zhōng shū)

🎯 Location: Below spinous process of the 10th thoracic vertebra.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Fever, Jaundice, Common Cold, Vomiting, Absent Periods

🗺️ Meridian: Governing Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 筋縮 (jīn suō)

🎯 Location: Below spinous process of the 9th thoracic vertebra.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Fever, Jaundice, Common Cold, Vomiting, Wind

🗺️ Meridian: Governing Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 至陽 (zhì yáng)

🎯 Location: Below spinous process of the 7th thoracic vertebra approximately at the level with inferior angle of the scapula.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Fever, Shortness of Breath, Jaundice, Qi Deficiency

🗺️ Meridian: Governing Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 霊台 (líng tái)

🎯 Location: Below spinous process of the 6th thoracic vertebra.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Fever, Shortness of Breath, Asthma, Common Cold

🗺️ Meridian: Governing Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 神道 (shén dào)

🎯 Location: Below spinous process of the 5th thoracic vertebra.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Fever, Anxiety, Dizziness, Palpitations

🗺️ Meridian: Governing Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 身柱 (shēn zhù)

🎯 Location: Below spinous process of the 3rd thoracic vertebra.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Heat Chest, Cough, Fever, Shortness of Breath, Sweating

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Back

🇨🇳 Chinese: 痞根 (pǐ gēn)

🎯 Location: On the low back, below the spinous process of the 1st lumbar vertebra, 3.5 thumb widths lateral to the posterior midline.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling; risk of pneumothorax.

🛡️ Treats: Qi Stagnation, Blood Stagnation, Benefit Digestion, Lower Back Pain, Food Stagnation

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Chest & Abdomen

🇨🇳 Chinese: 利尿穴 (lì niào xué)

🎯 Location: 2.5 thumb widths below the umbilicus on the median abdominal line..

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Dysentery, Bedwetting, Enteritis, Urination Retention Problems, Urination Retention Problems

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Chest & Abdomen

🇨🇳 Chinese: 经中 (jīng zhōng)

🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths below umbilicus, 3 thumb widths lateral.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Constipation, Heat, Urinary Problems, Enteritis

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Lower limbs

🇨🇳 Chinese: 浮郄特小穴 (fú qiè tè xiǎo xué)

🎯 Location: On the lateral aspect of the foot, directly below the tip of the external malleolus, at the junction of the red and white skin..

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Damp, Benefit Spleen, Enteritis, Benefit Spleen

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Lower limbs

🇨🇳 Chinese: 里內庭 (lǐ nèi tíng)

🎯 Location: On the foot palm, in the depression the anterior to the second and third metatarsophalaneal joint.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Hives, Toothache, Neuralgia Trigeminal, Tonsillitis