6 protocols with precise acupoint locations.
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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
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🗺️ 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
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🗺️ 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
Point selection reported in a published study.
doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20210403-0001 ↗
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🗺️ Meridian: Gallbladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 風池 (fēng chí)
🎯 Location: In the depression the between upper portion of the scm and trapezius on the same level with du16.
⚠️ Cautions: Caution with vertebral artery; avoid deep perpendicular needling.
Point selection reported in a published study.
doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20231105-k0006 ↗
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🗺️ Meridian: Triple Burner Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 絲竹空 (sī zhú kōng)
🎯 Location: In the depression the at the lateral end of the eyebrow.
⚠️ Cautions: Caution near eye.
🛡️ Treats: Dizziness, Wind, Pain, Aversion Cold, Deviation Eye
Point selection reported in a published study.
doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20231105-k0006 ↗Click to view all layers
🗺️ Meridian: Gallbladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 風池 (fēng chí)
🎯 Location: In the depression the between upper portion of the scm and trapezius on the same level with du16.
⚠️ Cautions: Caution with vertebral artery; avoid deep perpendicular needling.
Point selection recorded in a clinical text or case report.
Hong Zhang, Ling Zhao, Sha Yang, Zhigang Chen, Yingkun Li, Xiaohong Peng, Yulong Yang, Manjia Zhu. Clinical observation on effect of scalp electroacupuncture for mild cognitive impairment. J Tradit Chin Med 2013, 33(1): 46-50Other symptoms often treated alongside Liver Yang Hyperactivity:
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