🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths directly above the tip of the medial malleolus posterior to the medial border of the tibia.
⚠️ 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. SP06, CV04, CV06 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.1016/j.imr.2018.07.003 ↗
Corroborated by a second study. CV04 also appears in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.1155/2014/434978 ↗
🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths below umbilicus 2 thumb widths lateral to the CV04.
⚠️ 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. SP06, CV04, CV06 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.1155/2014/434978 ↗
Point selection recorded in a clinical text or case report.
Deadman, Al-Khafaji & Baker, A Manual of Acupuncture – point group actions
Substantiated by a study. BL21 also appears in a study-reported protocol for the same search. That study did not test this prescription. doi:10.13457/j.cnki.jncm.2025.08.020 ↗
Substantiated by a study. ST36 also appears in a study-reported protocol for the same search. That study did not test this prescription. doi:10.1016/j.imr.2018.07.003 ↗
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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.
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