Corroborated by a second study. BL40, GB30, GB34 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.3831/KPI.2019.22.025 ↗
🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths directly above the tip of the medial malleolus posterior to the medial border of the tibia.
⚠️ 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. BL22, BL23, BL24, BL25, BL26, GB30 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.3831/KPI.2025.28.4.269 ↗
Corroborated by a second study. BL23, BL25, BL40, GB30 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.12998/wjcc.v11.i10.2308 ↗
Corroborated by a second study. BL22, BL23, BL24, BL25, BL26, GB30 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.12998/wjcc.v11.i10.2308 ↗
🎯 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.
Corroborated by a second study. BL54, BL60, GB31, GB34 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.1155/prm/9030734 ↗
Corroborated by a second study. BL54, BL60, GB31, GB34 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.3389/fonc.2026.1684346 ↗
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How the studies delivered it
What the 8 studies behind the entries above ran, counted once per study. A record of the trials, not a recommendation.
Needling7 of 8
Point injection2 of 8
Moxibustion2 of 8
Electroacupuncture1 of 8
Course: the 4 studies that gave a length ran a median of 59 days (middle half 24 days to 94 days).
After a treatment: what large safety surveys recorded, and which reactions need a doctor.
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