Protocol (5 points)
100%BL18 · BL23 · BL25 · GV03 · GV04
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
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
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
GV04Life Gate

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🗺️ Meridian: Governing Vessel
🇨🇳 Chinese: 命門 (mìng mén)
🎯 Location: Below spinous process of the 2nd lumbar vertebra.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.
🛡️ Treats: Fever, Anxiety, Kidney Deficiency, Dizziness, Tinnitus
Moxibustion · 12 sessions over 4 weeks
Point selection reported in a published study.
doi:10.13702/j.1000-0607.20210812 ↗