Acupoints for Infantile Nutrition Deficiency

🗺️ Meridian: Lung Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 魚際 (yú jì)

🎯 Location: On the radial aspect of the midpoint of the 1st metacarpal bone on the junction of the red and white skin of the hand.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Fever, Anxiety, Tongue Coating Yellow, Heat Deficiency

🗺️ Meridian: Large Intestine Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 合谷 (hé gǔ)

🎯 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.

🛡️ Treats: Fever, Tinnitus, Release Exterior, Absent Periods, Wind

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 脾俞 (pí yú)

🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the du6 at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 11th thoracic vertebra.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Fever, Poor Appetite, Diarrhea, Spleen Qi Deficiency

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 胃俞 (wèi yú)

🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the du mai at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 12th thoracic vertebra.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling.

🛡️ Treats: Chest Pain, Poor Appetite, Diarrhea, Jaundice, Vomiting

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 胃倉 (wèi cāng)

🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths lateral to the du mai at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 12th thoracic vertebra.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling due to risk of pneumothorax.

🛡️ Treats: Back Pain, Aversion Cold, Edema, Benefit Digestion, Turmoil Disorder

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Upper limbs

🇨🇳 Chinese: 四縫 (sì féng)

🎯 Location: Four points on the each hand, on the palmer side of the 2nd to the 5th fingers and at the centre of the proximal interphalangeal joints.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Spleen Weakness, Asthma, Food Stagnation, Cough Whooping, Infantile Nutrition Deficiency

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Upper limbs

🇨🇳 Chinese: 四縫 (sì féng)

🎯 Location: Four points on the each hand, on the palmer side of the 2nd to the 5th fingers and at the centre of the proximal interphalangeal joints.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Spleen Weakness, Asthma, Food Stagnation, Cough Whooping, Infantile Nutrition Deficiency

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Upper limbs

🇨🇳 Chinese: 四縫 (sì féng)

🎯 Location: Four points on the each hand, on the palmer side of the 2nd to the 5th fingers and at the centre of the proximal interphalangeal joints.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Spleen Weakness, Asthma, Food Stagnation, Cough Whooping, Infantile Nutrition Deficiency

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Upper limbs

🇨🇳 Chinese: 四縫 (sì féng)

🎯 Location: Four points on the each hand, on the palmer side of the 2nd to the 5th fingers and at the centre of the proximal interphalangeal joints.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Spleen Weakness, Asthma, Food Stagnation, Cough Whooping, Infantile Nutrition Deficiency