Acupuncture Points for Hemorrhoids Mixed Postoperative

9 sourced protocols, each with its citation.

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Protocol (2 points)

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BL32 · BL33

Point 1 of 2

BL32Second Bone Hole

BL32 acupoint
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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 次髎 (cì liáo)

🎯 Location: On the sacrum medial and inferior to the posterior superior iliac spine just at the 2nd posterior sacral foramen.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in sacroiliac dysfunction.

🛡️ Treats: Constipation, Pain, Urinary Retention, Infertility, Sciatica

BL33Middle Bone Hole

BL33 acupoint
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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 中髎 (zhōng liáo)

🎯 Location: On the sacrum medial and inferior to the BL32 just at the 3rd posterior sacral foramen.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in sacroiliac dysfunction.

🛡️ Treats: Constipation, Abdominal Bloating, Pain, Urinary Retention, Infertility

Study-reported

Electroacupuncture

Point selection reported in a published study.

doi:10.1007/s00384-023-04403-y ↗
Corroborated by a second study. BL32 also appears in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.2019.03.008 ↗

Protocol (4 points)

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BL25 · BL30 · BL57 · GV01

Point 1 of 4

BL25Large Intestine Shu Point

BL25 acupoint
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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 大腸俞 (dà cháng shū)

🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the GV03 at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 4th lumbar vertebra.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling.

🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Common Cold, Constipation, Abdominal Bloating, Abdominal Pain

BL30White Ring Shu Point

BL30 acupoint
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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 白環俞 (bái huán shū)

🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the du mai at the level of the 4th posterior sacral foramen.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling.

🛡️ Treats: Heat Chest, Cough, Fever, Shortness of Breath, Knee Pain

BL57Mountain Support

BL57 acupoint
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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 承山 (chéng shān)

🎯 Location: On the posterior midline of the leg between BL40 and BL60 in the pointed depression the formed below gastrocnemius belly when leg is stretched or heel is lifted.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in severe varicose veins.

🛡️ Treats: Constipation, Pain, Rectal Prolapse, Malaria, Hemorrhoids

GV01Long Strength

GV01 acupoint
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🗺️ Meridian: Governing Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 長強 (cháng qiáng)

🎯 Location: Midway between tip of the coccyx and anus, locate point with patient in the prone position.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in spinal conditions.

🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Anxiety, Common Cold, Pain, Damp

Study-reported

Thread embedding · 1 session

Point selection reported in a published study.

doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20250620-0003 ↗
Corroborated by a second study. BL57, GV01 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.2017.03.006 ↗

Protocol (2 points)

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BL57 · GV01

Point 1 of 2

BL57Mountain Support

BL57 acupoint
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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 承山 (chéng shān)

🎯 Location: On the posterior midline of the leg between BL40 and BL60 in the pointed depression the formed below gastrocnemius belly when leg is stretched or heel is lifted.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in severe varicose veins.

🛡️ Treats: Constipation, Pain, Rectal Prolapse, Malaria, Hemorrhoids

GV01Long Strength

GV01 acupoint
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🗺️ Meridian: Governing Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 長強 (cháng qiáng)

🎯 Location: Midway between tip of the coccyx and anus, locate point with patient in the prone position.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in spinal conditions.

🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Anxiety, Common Cold, Pain, Damp

Study-reported

Electroacupuncture + Thread embedding · 1 session

Point selection reported in a published study.

doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.2017.03.006 ↗
Corroborated by a second study. BL57, GV01 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20250620-0003 ↗

Protocol (2 points)

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BL34 · GV01

Point 1 of 2

BL34Lower Bone Hole

BL34 acupoint
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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 下髎 (xià liáo)

🎯 Location: On the sacrum medial and inferior to the BL33 just at the 4th posterior sacral foramen.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in sacroiliac dysfunction.

🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Constipation, Swelling, Lower Back Pain, Painful Urination

GV01Long Strength

GV01 acupoint
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🗺️ Meridian: Governing Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 長強 (cháng qiáng)

🎯 Location: Midway between tip of the coccyx and anus, locate point with patient in the prone position.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in spinal conditions.

🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Anxiety, Common Cold, Pain, Damp

Study-reported

Electroacupuncture

Point selection reported in a published study.

doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.2018.06.003 ↗
Corroborated by a second study. GV01 also appears in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20250620-0003 ↗

Protocol (4 points)

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AT12 · HX06 · IAC03 · TF10

Point 1 of 4

AT12Nervous Subcortex

AT12 acupoint
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🗺️ Meridian: Auricular Points

🇨🇳 Chinese: 神經皮質下 (shén jīng pí zhì xià)

🎯 Location: On both ears, at the lower 1/2 of the interior wall of the Antitragus; in the midpoint between Thalamus and the beginning of the medial lower line of the interior Antitragus.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Neurosis, Schizophrenia

HX06Anus

HX06 acupoint
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🗺️ Meridian: Auricular Points

🇨🇳 Chinese: 肛門 (gāng mén)

🎯 Location: On both ears, on the edge of the Helix corresponding to the interior (front) edge of the upper Helix Crus.

⚠️ Cautions: Strict asepsis: perichondritis of the auricular cartilage is the significant risk with ear needling.

🛡️ Treats: External Hemorrhoids, Internal Hemorrhoids, Prolapse Of Rectum And Pruritus Of The Anus, Mixed Hemorrhoids

IAC03Sympathetic

IAC03 acupoint
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🗺️ Meridian: Auricular Points

🇨🇳 Chinese: 交感 (jiāo gǎn)

🎯 Location: On both ears, at the end of the upper edge of the lower Crus of the Antihelix.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Etc, Over Secretion Diseases, Internal Organ Pain, Autonomic Nerve Disorders, Spasms

TF10Shenmen

TF10 acupoint
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🗺️ Meridian: Auricular Points

🇨🇳 Chinese: 神門 (shén mén)

🎯 Location: At the midpoint between Pelvis and Hepatitis.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Pain, Inflammation, Restless Spirit, Emotional And Mental Disorders

Study-reported

Acupressure

Point selection reported in a published study.

doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.2018.06.003 ↗
Not corroborated. No other study in the index uses any of these points for this search.
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Protocol (6 points)

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BL34 · GV01 · AT12 · HX06 · IAC03 · TF10

Point 1 of 6

BL34Lower Bone Hole

BL34 acupoint
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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 下髎 (xià liáo)

🎯 Location: On the sacrum medial and inferior to the BL33 just at the 4th posterior sacral foramen.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in sacroiliac dysfunction.

🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Constipation, Swelling, Lower Back Pain, Painful Urination

GV01Long Strength

GV01 acupoint
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🗺️ Meridian: Governing Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 長強 (cháng qiáng)

🎯 Location: Midway between tip of the coccyx and anus, locate point with patient in the prone position.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in spinal conditions.

🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Anxiety, Common Cold, Pain, Damp

AT12Nervous Subcortex

AT12 acupoint
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🗺️ Meridian: Auricular Points

🇨🇳 Chinese: 神經皮質下 (shén jīng pí zhì xià)

🎯 Location: On both ears, at the lower 1/2 of the interior wall of the Antitragus; in the midpoint between Thalamus and the beginning of the medial lower line of the interior Antitragus.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Neurosis, Schizophrenia

HX06Anus

HX06 acupoint
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🗺️ Meridian: Auricular Points

🇨🇳 Chinese: 肛門 (gāng mén)

🎯 Location: On both ears, on the edge of the Helix corresponding to the interior (front) edge of the upper Helix Crus.

⚠️ Cautions: Strict asepsis: perichondritis of the auricular cartilage is the significant risk with ear needling.

🛡️ Treats: External Hemorrhoids, Internal Hemorrhoids, Prolapse Of Rectum And Pruritus Of The Anus, Mixed Hemorrhoids

IAC03Sympathetic

IAC03 acupoint
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🗺️ Meridian: Auricular Points

🇨🇳 Chinese: 交感 (jiāo gǎn)

🎯 Location: On both ears, at the end of the upper edge of the lower Crus of the Antihelix.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Etc, Over Secretion Diseases, Internal Organ Pain, Autonomic Nerve Disorders, Spasms

TF10Shenmen

TF10 acupoint
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🗺️ Meridian: Auricular Points

🇨🇳 Chinese: 神門 (shén mén)

🎯 Location: At the midpoint between Pelvis and Hepatitis.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Pain, Inflammation, Restless Spirit, Emotional And Mental Disorders

Study-reported

Electroacupuncture + Acupressure

Point selection reported in a published study.

doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.2018.06.003 ↗
Corroborated by a second study. GV01 also appears in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20250620-0003 ↗
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Related symptoms

Often treated alongside Hemorrhoids Mixed Postoperative:

Points cited for Hemorrhoids Mixed Postoperative

How often each point appears across the 9 entries ranked highest for Hemorrhoids Mixed Postoperative. Citation frequency, not a recommendation.

  • BL34Lower Bone HoleBladder Meridian4 of 9
  • GV01Long StrengthGoverning Vessel4 of 9
  • BL57Mountain SupportBladder Meridian3 of 9
  • AT12Nervous SubcortexAuricular Points2 of 9
  • BL32Second Bone HoleBladder Meridian2 of 9
  • HX06AnusAuricular Points2 of 9
  • IAC03SympatheticAuricular Points2 of 9
  • TF10ShenmenAuricular Points2 of 9
  • BL25Large Intestine Shu PointBladder Meridian1 of 9
  • BL30White Ring Shu PointBladder Meridian1 of 9
  • BL33Middle Bone HoleBladder Meridian1 of 9
  • ST36Leg Three MilesStomach Meridian1 of 9

How the studies delivered it

What the 7 studies behind the entries above ran, counted once per study. A record of the trials, not a recommendation.

  • Electroacupuncture5 of 7
  • Thread embedding2 of 7
  • Electrical stimulation on the skin1 of 7

Sessions: the 4 studies that gave a count ran a median of 1 (middle half 1 to 1).

Course: the 4 studies that gave a length ran a median of 1 day (middle half 1 day to 1 day).

After a treatment: what large safety surveys recorded, and which reactions need a doctor.

Disclaimer: The acupoint information provided is for educational purposes only.