🎯 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.
🎯 Location: On the dorsum of the foot in the depression the distal to the junction of the 1st and 2nd metatarsal bones.
⚠️ Cautions: Monitor blood pressure and avoid strong stimulation where hypertension is uncontrolled or unstable; hypertensive crisis is a medical emergency.
Corroborated by a second study. ST02, ST36, SP06, BL02, BL18, BL23, KD03, GB20, LV03 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.1155/2012/513638 ↗
🎯 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.
🎯 Location: On the dorsum of the foot in the depression the distal to the junction of the 1st and 2nd metatarsal bones.
⚠️ Cautions: Monitor blood pressure and avoid strong stimulation where hypertension is uncontrolled or unstable; hypertensive crisis is a medical emergency.
Corroborated by a second study. ST02, ST36, SP06, BL02, BL18, BL23, KD03, GB20, LV03 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.1155/2011/157090 ↗
🎯 Location: At the temple, in the tender depression the approximately 1 thumb width posterior to the midpoint between the lateral extremity of the eyebrow & the outer canthus of the eye.
Corroborated by a second study. BL02, GB20 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.1155/2011/157090 ↗
🎯 Location: At the temple, in the tender depression the approximately 1 thumb width posterior to the midpoint between the lateral extremity of the eyebrow & the outer canthus of the eye.
Point selection recorded in a clinical text or case report.
Xu Hong et al.. [ZHANG Ren's experience of treatment on glaucoma with acupuncture].. Zhongguo zhen jiu = Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion, 2012
Substantiated by a study. GB20, XH05 also appear in a study-reported protocol for the same search. That study did not test this prescription. doi:10.3389/fmed.2026.1835330 ↗
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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.
Needling3 of 4
Electroacupuncture1 of 4
Electrical stimulation on the skin1 of 4
Sessions: the 4 studies that gave a count ran a median of 1 (middle half 1 to 3).
Course: the 4 studies that gave a length ran a median of 1 day (middle half 1 day to 10 days).
After a treatment: what large safety surveys recorded, and which reactions need a doctor.
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