Protocol (4 points)
100%BL23Kidney Shu Point

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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 腎俞 (shèn shū)
🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the GV04 at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 2nd lumbar vertebra.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling.
🛡️ Treats: Cough, Diarrhea, Asthma, Tinnitus, Qi Deficiency
BL25Large Intestine Shu Point

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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
BL52Willpower Room

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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 志室 (zhì shì)
🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths lateral to the GV04 at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 2nd lumbar vertebra.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling due to risk of pneumothorax.
GV03Yang Lumbar Gate

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🗺️ Meridian: Governing Vessel
🇨🇳 Chinese: 腰陽關 (yāo yáng guān)
🎯 Location: Below spinous process of the 4th lumbar vertebra at the level with iliac crest.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.
🛡️ Treats: Numbness, Lower Back Pain, Urine White, Benefit Legs, Benefit Back Lumbar
Needling
Improved from baseline; no control group
Point selection reported in a published study.
doi:10.3389/fphar.2022.1003849 ↗