10 sourced protocols, each with its citation.
Often treated alongside Kidney Yin Deficiency:
How often each point appears across the 10 entries ranked highest for Kidney Yin Deficiency. Citation frequency, not a recommendation.
Each card names its evidence kind. What these labels mean
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🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 太谿 (tài xī)
🎯 Location: In the depression the between tip of the medial malleolus and achilles tendon.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.
🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Pain, Shortness of Breath, Heat Deficiency, Asthma
LU01 · ST36 · BL13 · BL43 · KD03 · CV12 · CV17 · GV13 · XH15
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🗺️ Meridian: Lung Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 中府 (zhōng fǔ)
🎯 Location: Laterosuperior to the sternum 1 thumb width below lu2 at the level of the 1st intercostal space 6 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline.
⚠️ Cautions: Needle obliquely or laterally, never deeply or medially – risk of pneumothorax.
🛡️ Treats: Heat Chest, Cough, Chest Pain, Fever, Shortness of Breath
Point selection recorded in a clinical text or case report.
Acupuncture Point Prescriptions, entry ACC1LU07 · LU08 · SP06 · BL23 · KD01 · KD02 · KD03 · KD05 · KD06 · XB02T4
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🗺️ Meridian: Lung Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 列缺 (liè quē)
🎯 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.
🛡️ Treats: Heat Chest, Cough, Fever, Shortness of Breath, Phlegm
Point selection recorded in a clinical text or case report.
Yang Yong-Xuan, clinical point-selection notesBL01 · BL18 · BL23 · KD03 · GB20 · GB37 · LV03 · XH07
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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 睛明 (jīng míng)
🎯 Location: In the depression the slightly above the inner canthus.
⚠️ Cautions: Contraindicated for direct needling; use only pressure.
🛡️ Treats: Heat, Wind, Redness, Swelling, Aversion Cold
Point selection published on a website. Not peer-reviewed — check it before relying on it.
sacredlotus.com ↗
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🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 頰車 (jiá chē)
🎯 Location: One finger breadth (middle finger) anterior & superior to the lower angle of the mandible where masseter is prominent when teeth are clenched & depressive when it is pressed.
⚠️ Cautions: Needle shallowly and obliquely; avoid the facial artery and deep needling into the joint capsule.
🛡️ Treats: Wind, Pain, Deviation Eye, Facial Droop, Mumps
Point selection published on a website. Not peer-reviewed — check it before relying on it.
sacredlotus.com ↗ST31 · ST34 · ST36 · ST41 · SP10 · BL18 · BL23 · GB30 · GB34 · GB39
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🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 髀關 (bì guān)
🎯 Location: On the anterior side of the thigh on the line connecting asis and laterosuperior corner of the patella on the level of the inferior pubis symphasis when thigh is fixed in the depression the lateral to the sartorius.
⚠️ Cautions: Caution with depth near femoral vessels.
🛡️ Treats: Jaundice, Pain, Thigh Pain, Sciatica, Lower Back Pain
Point selection published on a website. Not peer-reviewed — check it before relying on it.
sacredlotus.com ↗
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