🎯 Location: On the dorsum of the hand between 1st & 2nd metacarpal bones approximately in the middle of the 2nd metacarpal bone on the radial side.
⚠️ 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. LV03, GV20 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.1038/s41398-022-01914-0 ↗
Corroborated by a second study. LV03, GV20 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.1186/1745-6215-12-173 ↗
🎯 Location: Superior to the styloid process of the radius 1.5 thumb widths above the transverse crease of the wrist between brachioradialis and tendon of the abductor policis longus.
⚠️ Cautions: Use with caution in patients with radial nerve sensitivity.
Point selection recorded in a clinical text or case report.
Beomyong Song et al.. 3 Case Reports of ADHD Children treated with Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine. The Korean Society of Oriental Neuropsychiatry, 2004
Substantiated by a study. LI04, LV03, GV20 also appear in a study-reported protocol for the same search. That study did not test this prescription. doi:10.1186/1745-6215-12-173 ↗
🎯 Location: Superior to the styloid process of the radius 1.5 thumb widths above the transverse crease of the wrist between brachioradialis and tendon of the abductor policis longus.
⚠️ Cautions: Use with caution in patients with radial nerve sensitivity.
Point selection recorded in a clinical text or case report.
Beomyong Song et al.. 3 Case Reports of ADHD Children treated with Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine. The Korean Society of Oriental Neuropsychiatry, 2004
Substantiated by a study. LI04, LV03, GV20 also appear in a study-reported protocol for the same search. That study did not test this prescription. doi:10.1186/1745-6215-12-173 ↗
🎯 Location: Superior to the styloid process of the radius 1.5 thumb widths above the transverse crease of the wrist between brachioradialis and tendon of the abductor policis longus.
⚠️ Cautions: Use with caution in patients with radial nerve sensitivity.
Point selection recorded in a clinical text or case report.
Beomyong Song et al.. 3 Case Reports of ADHD Children treated with Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine. The Korean Society of Oriental Neuropsychiatry, 2004
Substantiated by a study. LI04, LV03, GV20 also appear in a study-reported protocol for the same search. That study did not test this prescription. doi:10.1186/1745-6215-12-173 ↗
Substantiated by a study. KD03 also appears in a study-reported protocol for the same search. That study did not test this prescription. doi:10.1038/s41398-022-01914-0 ↗
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