Protocol (5 points)
100%BL19 · GB24 · GB34 · LV13 · XL06
BL19Gallbladder Shu Point
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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 膽俞 (dǎn shū)
🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the GV07 at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 10th thoracic vertebra.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling.
🛡️ Treats: Chest Pain, Palpitations, Jaundice, Common Cold, Vomiting
GB24Sun And Moon
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🗺️ Meridian: Gallbladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 日月 (rì yuè)
🎯 Location: Directly below nipple in the 7th intercostal space 4 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling; risk of pneumothorax.
🛡️ Treats: Jaundice, Vomiting, Abdominal Bloating, Abdominal Pain, Upper Stomach Pain
GB34Yang Mound Spring
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🗺️ Meridian: Gallbladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 陽陵泉 (yáng líng quán)
🎯 Location: In the depression the anterior and inferior to the head of the fibula.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.
🛡️ Treats: Fever, Knee Pain, Jaundice, Constipation, Vomiting
LV13Bright Gate
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🗺️ Meridian: Liver Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 章門 (zhāng mén)
🎯 Location: On the lateral side of the abdomen below free end of the 11th rib.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling; caution with spleen.
🛡️ Treats: Cough, Diarrhea, Anxiety, Shortness of Breath, Jaundice
XL06Gall Bladder Point
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🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Lower limbs
🇨🇳 Chinese: 膽囊穴 (dǎn náng xué)
🎯 Location: Between 1 & 2 thumb widths distal to the yanglingquan gb-34 on the right leg. palpate to the find the area of the maximum tenderness.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid in acute cholecystitis.
🛡️ Treats: Heat, Damp, Rib Pain, Costal Lateral Bloating, Leg Numbness
Thread embedding · 4 sessions over 8 weeks
Point selection reported in a published study.
doi:10.1097/MCG.0000000000001487 ↗