Protocol (4 points)
100%BL18Liver Shu Point
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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 肝俞 (gān shū)
🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the GV08 at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 9th thoracic vertebra.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling.
🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Pain, Dizziness, Coughing Blood, Jaundice
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
BL62Extending Vessel
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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 申脈 (shēn mài)
🎯 Location: In the depression the directly below external malleolus.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.
🛡️ Treats: Fever, Sweating, Dizziness, Tinnitus, Palpitations
KD06Shining Sea
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🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 照海 (zhào hǎi)
🎯 Location: In the depression the below tip of the medial malleolus.
⚠️ 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: Heat Deficiency, Dizziness, Constipation, Chest Fullness, Abdominal Bloating
Needling · 60 sessions over 12 weeks
Point selection reported in a published study.
doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20231219-k0004 ↗